Joe Biden says he made clemency and pardon decisions at end of presidency, defends use of autopen
Joe Biden,Autopen,Executive Powers,Pardons,Clemency,Donald Trump,Biden Administration,Media Bias
Former President Joe Biden, in an interview with the New York Times published on Sunday, said that he personally made every clemency and pardon decision during the last few weeks of his presidency -- including those made with an autopen.
However, he and aides told the Times that some decisions for large batches of pardons were based on broad categories that various people fell into, not based on reviewing individuals on a case-by-case basis. Biden said he approved the categories and standards for choosing who to pardon.
"I made every single one of those. And -- including the categories, when we set this up to begin with," Biden said of the clemency and...
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