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President Donald Trump asserted Monday that Joe Biden was unaware of what his autopen signature was being used for after the former president admitted he did not individually review many of the sweeping pardons doled out at the end of his term.

President Donald Trump commuted the federal sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover on Wednesday and issued pardons for others.

The White House said Monday that President Donald Trump is raising the question of whether or not President Joe Biden’s signature was “used without his consent or knowledge.”

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) criticized Democrats for trying to pass a resolution condemning the pardons issued by President Donald Trump of January 6 protesters, noting that the resolution did “not condemn” the “abuse of the pardon power” by former President Joe Biden.

President Donald Trump gave full pardons to former Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers convicted in connection to the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, 20, who was fatally struck while being chased by one of the officers.

Despite former President Joe Biden’s eleventh-hour pardons, lawmakers can still expose what the recipients did, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) explained during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, one day after President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. 

President-elect Donald Trump suggested that he would be issuing pardons for people who had been involved in the riot at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.

President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of a Josephine Gray, known as the “Black Widow” for being implicated in the murders of two of her husbands and her boyfriend, for which she fraudulently collected life insurance payouts.

President-elect Donald Trump told reporters at a press conference on Monday at Mar-a-Lago, Florida, that he would consider pardoning New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was indicted on federal corruption charges in September.

President Joe Biden commuted the federal prison sentence Thursday of Mofid Abdel Kader Meshal (or Mufid Abdulqader), the half-brother of billionaire Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, who had served 16 of his 20 years.

Radio host Charlamagne tha God says “old ass” President Joe Biden should not give “preemptive pardons” to President-elect Donald Trump’s political opponents that waged lawfare against him during the 2024 election, adding, “Don’t that make you look guilty?”

I must admit that I was surprised by at least one aspect of the Hunter Biden pardon: the fact that anyone else was surprised by it.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and incoming California Senator Rep. Adam Schiff (D) have criticized President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter, on Sunday, becoming the most prominent Democrats to voice concerns.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Angola on Monday that “no reasonable person” could have come to a conclusion other than that Hunter Biden deserved to be pardoned.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who described himself as President Barack Obama’s “wingman” while in office, tried to defend President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son, Hunter, on Sunday night, saying he was unfairly singled out.

President Joe Biden lied for years about whether he would pardon his son, Hunter Biden, for his crimes — even telling David Muir of ABC News in an exclusive interview in Normandy, France, in June that he had “ruled out” a pardon.

In the first White House press briefing after the election, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre answered flatly, “No,” when asked whether the president intended to pardon his son in the lame duck period before January.

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) has pardoned dozens of convicted murderers as he finishes out his final weeks in office.

Former President Donald Trump has pledged to create a task force if reelected to review and potentially pardon or commute the sentences of every “political prisoner who’s been unjustly persecuted by the Biden administration.”

President Joe Biden on Tuesday granted clemency to 78 people using his executive authority to deliver three pardons and 75 commutations.

Public defenders in Houston, Texas, are seeking a posthumous pardon for George Floyd’s 2004 drug conviction, where he spent ten months behind bars.

The United States Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against Roger Stone and his wife on Friday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and accused the couple of owing about $2 million in federal income taxes.

A court of appeals supported a lower court ruling that “double jeopardy” protected Paul Manafort from prosecution in New York state after his pardon by former President Donald Trump.

Rapper Lil Wayne on Thursday thanked former President Trump for including him on the list of 100-plus pardons issued in the final hours of Trump’s presidency, thanking him for “recognizing that I have so much more to give to my family, my art, and my community.”

Rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black were both on the list of 100-plus pardons released Wednesday by President Donald Trump in his last full day in office.

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Death Row Records’ co-founder and convicted felon Michael “Harry O” Harris, after the rapper Snoop Dogg reportedly lobbied the White House on behalf of his friend.

A last-ditch effort to persuade President Donald Trump to issue a pre-emptive pardon to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is reportedly being blocked by White House counsel Pat Cipollone, according to reports.

The impending inauguration of Joe Biden has not dulled filmmaker Rob Reiner’s zeal for attacking President Donald Trump. On Monday, the Hollywood director called the commander in chief a “lifetime criminal,” alleging without evidence that the president is receiving “a cut of the action” for each person he pardons.

United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon four American men convicted of killing Iraqi civilians while working as contractors in 2007 as a violation of international law.

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse (R) released a short statement bashing President Donald Trump for exercising his constitutional right as president to grant pardons and commute sentences to 29 individuals.

Papadopoulos was charged with one count of making false statements during Special Counsel Robert Muller’s investigation into accusations of the Trump campaign colluding with Russia. 

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) expressed the belief this week that President Trump should pardon himself and others as a means of defense from potential retaliation from the radical left’s “bloodlust.”

A reporter attending the annual White House turkey pardon ceremony on Tuesday shouted out a question about other pardons. “Pardons before leaving office? Will you be issuing a pardon for yourself?” the reporter shouted.

A sex offender pardoned months ago by former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) has been arrested on a federal charge of producing child sex abuse material.

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich told reporters on Tuesday evening, as he was boarding a flight home to Chicago after he was freed from federal prison: “I’m a Trumpocrat now.”