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by CydeWeys 1975 days ago
He's been the stingiest in terms of giving them out for people who deserve them on account of being ill-served by the criminal justice system, but he's been the most liberal in terms of bailing out his co-conspirators and politically connected elite.
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Do we have a list of the “quality” of all presidential pardons?

It may be that proportionally some presidents show certain “favoritism” while others less. But given some pardon in the thousands it’s hard to say without further study that in absolute numbers one self serves more than another except by using biased heuristics.

Do you feel Michael Flynn was well served by the criminal justice system?