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President Bush grants 19 pardons, one commutation

 

Published 12/23/2008 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush Tuesday granted pardons to 19 citizens, none of them prominent, charged with a variety of crimes. Presidential pardon lists are being closely monitored in the final weeks of the Bush administration, to see whether former Vice Presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby will be granted the presidential favor. One of the men pardoned [...] (link)

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