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2025-03-17 16:15:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EA9E12A2516E8A64429B605FE58DCF37C1B5E8C165436D51DB80FC94E5A038BC
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In 1929, the US justice department held that “it is wholly for the president to decide” the method by which a pardon is handed down. Last year, a federal appeals court said presidential pardons do not even have to be in writing https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/trump-biden-pardons-void https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/03/17/trump-calls-bidens-pardons-jan-6-committee-fauci-hunter-biden-and-more-void-because-of-autopen-use/ https://www.axios.com/2025/03/17/what-is-autopen-biden-pardons
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