Trump DOJ investigating Biden-era pardons amid concerns over state of mind

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is reviewing the database of radical that were granted pardons by erstwhile President Joe Biden, amid caller concerns astir his usage of an AutoPen to automatically motion documents, arsenic good arsenic concerns astir his authorities of caput successful his last months successful office.

Fox News was told Tuesday that Justice Department Pardon Attorney Ed Martin is reviewing a database of Biden-era pardons granted by the president during his last weeks successful office.

It is unclear what idiosyncratic pardons are being reviewed by Martin's office, though Reuters reported this week that the bureau is readying to look astatine the preemptive pardons that Biden granted to his son, Hunter Biden, arsenic good arsenic much than 35 decease enactment inmates whose sentences were changed to beingness successful situation during Biden's last days successful office. 

DOJ officials did not respond to Fox News's requests for comments connected the email oregon the nonstop quality of the review

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Former President Joe Biden utilized his last weeks arsenic commander-in-chief to assistance clemency and pardon much than 1,500 individuals, successful what the White House described astatine the clip arsenic the largest single-day enactment of clemency by a U.S. president.

But critics took umbrage astatine the agelong database of names, noting that it included persons convicted of defrauding U.S. taxpayers of tens of millions of dollars. Many took purpose astatine his usage of preemptive pardons to household members and others successful Biden's interior circle.

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