{"id":504,"date":"2021-01-24T03:04:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T03:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/?p=504"},"modified":"2021-01-24T03:04:21","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T03:04:21","slug":"trumps-pardoning-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project.journalism.torontomu.ca\/jrn-305-2021\/2021\/01\/24\/trumps-pardoning-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Pardoning Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Some notable inclusions and omissions from President Donald Trump&#8217;s final day pardon list<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 19, his final full day in office, President Donald Trump issued pardons to 143 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is common for Presidents to pardon people late in their terms, particularly during a lame duck period, when their successor has been elected. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/president-obama-cuts-short-sentences-federal-inmates\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/president-obama-cuts-short-sentences-federal-inmates\/\">Barack Obama<\/a> issued 330 pardons on his final day in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.slices.co\/stories\/-MRR0vspjKZLCwdoDFwG\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>There was speculation around whether or not Trump would pardon his family members or himself, but they were all left off the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several possible reasons for this. For one, none of his family members have been convicted of any crimes and issuing a pardon would raise suspicions of guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/constitution\/articleii\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/constitution\/articleii\">Article II, Section II<\/a> of the U.S. constitution, the President has the power to grant pardons \u2018except in cases of impeachment\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the House of Representatives voted to impeach the President after the Capitol riots, he was unable to pardon himself, even if he wanted to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.slices.co\/stories\/-MRejFZM_yyr_R2VjMYt\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the President\u2019s final-day pardons were several issued to non-violent drug offenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alice Marie Johnson, a non-violent drug offender who was pardoned by Trump in 2018, has since become an advocate for criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to her <a href=\"https:\/\/takingactionforgood.org\/press-release\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/takingactionforgood.org\/press-release\/\">website<\/a>, she submitted over 100 cases for consideration to the Trump administration in 2020. She supported 18 of the pardons announced on January 19<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 143 pardons brings Donald Trump\u2019s total number of pardons to 238, the 29<sup>th<\/sup> highest of any president according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.potus.com\/presidential-facts\/pardons-commutations\/\">potus.com<\/a>. For comparison, Barack Obama issued 1927 (4<sup>th<\/sup>), George W. Bush issued 200 (31<sup>st<\/sup>), and Bill Clinton issued 459 (21<sup>st<\/sup>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some notable inclusions and omissions from President Donald Trump&#8217;s final day pardon list On January 19, his final full day in office, President Donald Trump issued pardons to 143 people. It is common for Presidents to pardon people late in their terms, particularly during a lame duck period, when their successor has been elected. 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