Biden didn’t pardon – he erased the law
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March 13, 2025

Biden didn’t pardon – he erased the law

Asnippy article in The New York Times this past weekend — sorry, an unusually snippy article in The New York Times this past weekend — suggested that Trump is using his pardon power to reward those loyal to him and undo what he sees as politically motivated prosecutions. If true, this would make Trump only the 47th president to use his authority this way.

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