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2025-01-02 08:28:55 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5881D829FD9A3A0B561466D7F781DE4E9487777AA3E5AA62D1A93BD6B3F343AF
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Christopher Michael Wade was granted a "full and unconditional pardon" by President Donald J. Trump on December 23, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20241230214414/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-donald-j-trump-2017-2021#:~:text=Christopher%20Michael%20Wade https://web.archive.org/web/20240612073730/https://www.justice.gov/pardon/file/1112516/dl?inline https://web.archive.org/web/20241228160439/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/statement-press-secretary-regarding-executive-grants-clemency-122320/#:~:text=Christopher%20Wade%20%E2%80%94,a%20safer%20place https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump#:~:text=Christopher%20Wade https://web.archive.org/web/20231019200319/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-12-23/a-look-at-the-29-people-trump-pardoned-or-gave-commutations#:~:text=CHRISTOPHER%20WADE,a%20full%20pardon https://web.archive.org/web/20250101105836/https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-pardon-chris-wade-cybersecurity-secret-crime-unsealed-documents-2025-1 https://archive.ph/2yp3H#selection-2289.0-2297.174:~:text=Christopher%20Wade,a%20full%20pardon Presidential pardons are a form of clemency under Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution. https://archive.ph/O7XC1#selection-289.0-289.185:~:text=The%20Constitution%20establishes%20the%20President%E2%80%99s%20authority%20to%20grant%20clemency%2C%20encompassing%20not%20only%20pardons%20of%20individuals%20but%20several%20other%20forms%20of%20relief%20from%20criminal%20punishment%20as%20well https://archive.ph/BrZSr#selection-1969.0-1987.296:~:text=The%20U.S,of%20a%20conviction https://archive.ph/gjv7z#selection-2159.0-2159.32:~:text=Clemency%20covers%20all%20of%20the%20above https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States#:~:text=Pardons%20extend%20to,class%20of%20individuals
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