On Jan. 20, 2025, both former President Biden and President Trump issued pardons pursuant to Article 2, Section 2 of the United States Constitution. While President Biden pardoned five members of his family, Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley, and the members and staff of the House special committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol demonstration, President Trump issued pardons to all individuals “convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021.”
President Biden clearly ignored the warning of Alexander Hamilton, who instructed us in Federalist 74 “that the benign prerogative for pardoning should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed.” In four years, Biden used his Article 2, Section 2 powers more than 8,064
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