A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who violently stormed the Capitol four years ago.


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Originally Published: <time datetime="2025-01-22 07:03:57">January 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM EST</time>

A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who violently stormed the Capitol four years ago.{ai:summary}<p>The outgoing president issued pardons to lawmakers and family members, while the incoming president pardoned supporters involved in the violent Capitol storming four years prior. </p><p>This sequence of events highlights the continuing political divisions and the use of pardons in the current administration. #politics</p>

Pardons by Trump and Biden reveal distrust of each other and wobbly faith in criminal justice system

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