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U. S. President Donald Trump
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his final days in power.
Trump has granted clemency to supporters before, most
notably earlier this year when he commuted the criminal
sentence of Roger Stone, who was sentenced to prison
after being convicted of lying under oath to lawmakers.
In 2018, Trump even said he had the "absolute right" to
pardon himself - a claim many constitutional law scholars
dispute.
Here is an overview of Trump's pardon power, which is
sweeping but not absolute.
ARE THERE LIMITS ON TRUMP'S PARDON POWER?
The pardon power, which comes from the U. S.
Constitution, is one of the broadest available to a
president. The nation's founders saw the pardon power as
a way to show mercy and serve the public good.
While pardons are typically given to people who have been
prosecuted, pardons can cover
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A pardon is not reviewable by other branches of
government and the president does not have to give a
reason for issuing one.
A pardon wipes out a criminal conviction. A different
form of executive clemency, known as a commutation,
leaves the conviction intact but wipes out the
punishment.
But the pardon power is not absolute. Crucially, a pardon
only applies to federal crimes. That
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Trump associates from the criminal investigation being
conducted by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, a
state prosecutor.
Vance’s probe, which began more than two years ago,
stemmed from hush money payments that the president’s
former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen paid before the
2016 election to two women - an adult-film star and a
former Playboy model - who said they had sexual
encounters with Trump. Trump has denied the encounters
and has said the probe is politically motivated.
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