US Edition85% of people given federal pardons or clemency this year are white, House lawmaker’s report says
Rep. Ayanna Pressley's report shows clemency heavily favored Jan. 6 defendants, while only nine drug offenders benefited and $1.4 billion in fines were lost, highlighting disparities.
- Earlier this year, Rep. Ayanna Pressley's 19-page report found Jan. 6 defendants made up 90% of clemency recipients and eighty-five percent were white.
- Pressley's report emphasizes that only one clemency action benefited people convicted of drug offenses, despite more than 60,000 in prison for such crimes, and cites roughly $1.4 billion in lost restitution and fines.
- The report highlights specific cases such as President Donald Trump granting clemency to roughly 1,700 Jan. 6 defendants and pardoning Juan Orlando Hernández, former Honduran President.
- Pressley argued, `Donald Trump has neglected to use clemency to benefit those harmed by systemic injustices,` urging Alice Johnson to prioritize such cases, the report finds.
- Legally, Article II, section 2 of the Constitution gives the president sole clemency authority, and Pressley's office did not compile a comparable report on former President Joe Biden, who set records with nearly 2,500 commutations of nonviolent drug offenses.
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85% of people given federal pardons or clemency this year are white, House lawmaker’s report says
Eighty-five percent of the people granted pardons or clemency this year by President Donald Trump are white, and Jan. 6 defendants made up 90% of those who benefited, according to a new report compiled by Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform. Five percent are Latino and another 8% are Black, according to the report, which was first shared with NBC News. Comparing these statistics against the makeup of the g…
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Eighty-five percent of the people that President Donald Trump granted pardons or clemency this year are white, and the defendants of January 6 make up 90% of the beneficiaries, according to a new report compiled by Representative Ayanna Pressley, a Massachusetts Democrat, a vocal advocate for criminal justice reform. According to the report initially shared with NBC News, five percent are Latinos and another 8% are Black. By comparing these stat…
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