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Biden isn’t the first president to pardon a relative. Here’s how the power works

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Biden isn’t the first president to pardon a relative. Here’s how the power works

President Biden and Hunter Biden, pictured in Nantucket, Mass., on Friday. Days later Biden announced he had pardoned his son, who was awaiting sentencing in criminal cases related to tax evasion and gun charges.

Biden is now the third president to pardon a relative, after Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. Here’s a look at the commonplace — yet often controversial — presidential power.

(Image credit: Mandel Ngan)

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