Guardian -- Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter following his federal gun and tax cases may have sent shock waves through Washington but it isn’t the first time a president has used his power to help his family....
Donald Trump pardoned the father of his son-in-law Jared Kushner for tax evasion and retaliating against a cooperating witness.
Bill Clinton as president also pardoned his half-brother Roger for cocaine charges in 2021, after he served his sentence ten years earlier.
Clinton also pardoned his former business partner Susan McDougal, who had been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the Whitewater real estate deal.
Newsweek - During Trump's four years at the White House, from January 20, 2017, to January 20, 2021, he granted 237 acts of clemency: 143 pardons and 94 commutations. Only two other presidents since 1900—George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush—granted fewer acts of clemency than Trump, while his predecessor, Barack Obama, granted clemency 1,927 times over the course of eight years in office, the highest total of any president going back to Harry Truman, according to the Pew Research Center.
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