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The Trump administration’s clemency picks are raising some eyebrows. So how do they compare to previous years?
As the United States heralds a new political era, Donald Trump’s final act as president is raising some eyebrows.
In the lead up to Joe Biden’s inauguration, Mr Trump pardoned and commuted the sentences of 144 people — including former White House aide Steve Bannon, Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy, and former congressman Randall ‘Duke’ Cunningham.
“It wasn’t about draining the swamp. It was the swamp,” said Sanjay Bhandari, a former Justice Department prosecutor who secured a guilty plea from Cunningham, who accepted more than $2.4 million in homes, yachts and other bribes in exchange for government contracts.
So how do the Trump administration’s pardons and commutations stack up to previous administrations? And have other…
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