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President Joseph, Robinette, Biden the second's final days of office are being marked by extremely controversial applications or trial-blooded applications even of the chief executives, a very important pardoning and commutation powers, beginning with the Sun Hunter, of course, but also potentially

to any number of officials and bureaucrats who are deemed to be vulnerable to prosecution by the

incoming Trump administration. Generating far fewer headlines last week was Biden's actual

actions of pardoning 39 federal convicts

in issuing around 1,500 commutations

for people who had been serving out their federal sentences

via home confinement.

Jacob, you've been covering the pardoning power

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