Biden is in his last days as president and as is usual the media focus on his presidential pardons and commutations of sentences, though in actual fact, all presidents award these throughout their presidency and not just at the end of their term.[1] However, they do sometimes keep the more controversial ones till after the November elections, when there are no electoral consequences to their decisions.
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Presidential Pardons: A Telling Tale
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Biden is in his last days as president and as is usual the media focus on his presidential pardons and commutations of sentences, though in actual fact, all presidents award these throughout their presidency and not just at the end of their term.[1] However, they do sometimes keep the more controversial ones till after the November elections, when there are no electoral consequences to their decisions.