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If you're going to both sides this you should at least mention Clinton's most corrupt pardon (Marc Rich). I would say that it is uncommon for presidents to abu

If you're going to both sides this you should at least mention Clinton's most corrupt pardon (Marc Rich). I would say that it is uncommon for presidents to abuse the pardon power like this, it's just not completely unheard of. It's also worth noting that Trump multiplied the total number of corrupt presidential pardons in US history by something like 10 in his time in office. The scale is hard to fully grasp.

akarma 6y ago
As of November 2020, Trump utilized both pardons and clemencies much less than any president in modern history according to Pew Research [1][2]. He granted clemency to 143 more last night which places him closer in line to Bush and G.W. Bush, but there's no way your data here would include that (and that still places him at a very low number), so I'm wondering where you're getting this data, and how you qualify "corrupt." If we look at a handful of Bill Clinton's corrupt pardons on his last day in office alone as mentioned in the gp comment above: (1) Susan McDougal who went to jail for contempt of court for him, (2) Braswell who paid Hillary $200k for the pardon, (3) his brother Roger Clinton Jr, (4) Democrat Mel Reynolds who was granted clemency after being found guilty of sexual abuse of a minor. Thus, Trump must have had at least 40? Where is the source? [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/24/so-far-trump-has-granted-clemency-less-frequently-than-any-president-in-modern-history/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/11/24/so-far-trum... [2] https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FT_20.11.20_TrumpClemencyRecord_1.png https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FT_20...