Who did Barack Obama pardon?

BARACK Obama holds the record for the largest single-day use of the clemency power, granting 330 commutations on January 19, 2017, his last full day in office

The power of giving a pardon is only part of a president’s power and they can also issue “commutation of sentence” as well as remission of fines, restitution and reprieves.

What is a pardon in government?

The pardon power comes from Article Two of the US Constitution and 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.

A presidential pardon allows a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences of their criminal sentencing.

Pardons are typically given to people who have been prosecuted, and can cover conduct that has not yet resulted in legal proceedings.

Who did Barack Obama pardon?

James Cartwright

James Cartwright is a retired US Marine Corps four star general who served as the eighth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff between 2007 and 2011.

Cartwright was accused of providing classified information that was published in David Sanger’s book Confront and Conceal.

During the investigation Cartwright agreed to be interviewed by the FBI without a lawyer present.

Cartwright was never charged with leaking any classified information; Sanger maintains that Cartwright did not provide him with any classified material.

On October 17, 2016, he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI regarding an investigation into the source of leaked classified information.

Cartwright was due to stand trial on January 31, 2017 but Obama issued his pardon on January 17, the same year.

Willie McCovey

Willie McCovey was a former professional baseball player who spent 19 seasons with the San Francisco Giants.

In 1996 he faced federal tax fraud charges along with another baseball Hall of Famer Duke Snider.

Later the same year they both pleaded guilty that they had failed to report about $70,000 in income from sports card shows and memorabilia sales between 1988 and 1990.

McCovey was fined $5,000 and given two years probation.

He was pardoned by Obama on January 17, 2017.

List of people pardoned by Barack Obama

December 3, 2010

James Bernard Banks

Russell James Dixon

Laurens Dorsey

Ronald Lee Foster

Timothy James Gallagher

Roxane Kay Hettinger

Edgar Leopold Kranz Jr

Floretta Leavy

Scoey Lathaniel Morris

May 20, 2011

Randy Eugene Dyer

Danny Alonzo Levitz

Michael Ray Neal

Edwin Alan North

Allen Edward Peratt

Christine Marie Rossiter

Patricia Ann Weinzatl

Bobby Gerald Wilson

November 21, 2011

Lesley Claywood Berry Jr.

Bobby Jackson

Ricky Dale Collett

Martin Kaprelian

Thomas Paul Ledford

March 1, 2013

Robert Leroy Bebee

James Anthony Bordinaro

Kelli Elisabeth Collins

Edwin Hardy Futch, Jr.

Cindy Marie Griffith

Roy Eugene Grimes, Sr.

Jon Christopher Kozeliski

Jimmy Ray Mattison

An Na Peng

Michael John Petri

Karen Alicia Ragee

Jamari Salleh

Alfor Sharkey

Donald Barrie Simon, Jr.

Lynn Marie Stanek

Larry Wayne Thornton

Donna Kaye Wright

December 1, 2013

William Ricardo Alvarez

Charlie Lee Davis, Jr.

Ronald Eugene Greenwood

Little Joe Hatch, aka Joe Hatch Sr.

Martin Alan Hatcher

Derek James Laliberte

Alfred J. Mack

Robert Andrew Schindler

Willie Shaw, Jr.

Kimberly Lynn Stout, formerly known as Kimberly Lynn Cooley

Bernard Anthony Sutton, Jr.

Chris Deann Switzer

Miles Thomas Wilson

January 17, 2017

James Cartwright

Willie McCovey

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