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  • Barack Obama, whom Mr Trump replaced in 2017, granted 212 pardons and 1,715 commutations - the most since President Harry Truman in the 1940s and 1950s.

    President Trump, by contrast, had granted just 28 pardons and 16 commutations as of late November.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55156241

  • I get the idea Trump generally couldn't be bothered with Pardoning/commuting people who actually deserved it, and generally only does so when there is something in it for him.

  • Trump generally couldn't be bothered

    Sounds like a common theme... Actually, that's probably about right. Actioning a pardon would mean reading some case notes or a brief, something he isn't exactly partial to.

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