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by heavyset_go 108 days ago
Yes, the last president pardoned himself and his family on his way out.
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I’m not sure if that has precedent. It’s unusual to grant a pardon before a case is brought to court.

In any event, my point was all presidents who grant pardons grant them to people convicted of a crime; it’s not a recent development. But that was framed as being upsetting precedent.