>Many pardons are recommended to the President by the Justice department for various reasons Most Trump's pardons bypassed DOJ. https://www.lawfareblog.com/tr

>Many pardons are recommended to the President by the Justice department for various reasons Most Trump's pardons bypassed DOJ. https://www.lawfareblog.com/trumps-circumvention-justice-department-clemency-process https://www.lawfareblog.com/trumps-circumvention-justice-dep... https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/most-clemency-grants-bypass-doj-and-go-to-well-connected-offenders/2020/02/03/4e8f3eb2-21ce-11ea-9c2b-060477c13959_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/most-clemency-...