January 31, 2023 2:56pm EST
Biden's Justice Department changes presidential pardons for the worse
The Biden administration has been working overtime to erase Donald Trump's legacy and now wants to nullify a clemency decision
By Matthew Whitaker , David Safavian | Fox News
The Biden administration has spent the last two years reversing almost every decision, executive order, or regulation put in his place by Donald Trump. This comes as no surprise on issues that largely break along partisan lines, such as climate change, gender identity and immigration. Elections have consequences, after all. But the Biden team has now taken their crusade to erase Trump’s legacy to absurd lengths, going so far as to nullify one of Trump’s clemency decisions.
Nowhere do presidents have more authority than when granting pardons and commuting prison sentences. Presidents turn to the clemency process to right a prosecutorial wrong, as President Trump did in the case of Philip Esformes. Now, the Department of Justice is trying to undo his clemency.
Esformes was indicted on 32 counts related to his healthcare business. During the trial, a magistrate judge strongly criticized the prosecutors’ unethical moves to uncover and utilize information that was clearly covered by the attorney-client privilege.
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