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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.[6][7] He also issued more commutations than the past 13 presidents combined.[2][8]
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While most presidents grant pardons throughout their terms, Clinton chose to make nearly a third of them on January 20, 2001, his last day in office. This came to be known as Pardongate.[2] While Clinton pardoned a large number (450)[3] of people compared with his immediate one-term predecessor Republican George H. W. Bush, who pardoned only 75, the number of people pardoned by Clinton was comparable to that pardoned by two-term Republican Ronald Reagan and one-term Democrat Jimmy Carter, who pardoned 393 and 534 respectively.[4]
Clinton issued 140 pardons as well as several commutations on his last day of office, January 20, 2001.[17][18] When a sentence is commuted, the conviction remains intact; however, the sentence can be altered in a number of ways.
vs. what was it 15 pardons yesterday? inb4 he pardons more when he does leave the WH
