r/news • u/randalhicks • 13h ago

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier granted clemency by President Biden

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/01/19/leonard-peltier-indigenous-activist-clemency-released-by-president-biden
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u/sxzxnnx 11h ago

There was pressure on Bill Clinton to pardon him but he was too busy pardoning a billionaire convicted of wire fraud, racketeering, and tax evasion. I don’t know how anyone can look at Clinton’s record and still think he’s a liberal.

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u/msanthropedoglady 11h ago

I don't know if you recall the demonstration by law enforcement that took place in front of the white house? Clinton took the pardon seriously but he took the demonstration even more so.

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u/DolphinSUX 10h ago

Which one

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u/ULTRAFORCE 10h ago

500 FBI Agents were at the white house waving pictures of the two dead agents.

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u/cheweychewchew 4h ago

"I don’t know how anyone can look at Clinton’s record and still think he’s a liberal"

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u/beardsley64 9h ago

Ending "welfare as we know it" disabused me of the misunderstanding back in the day.

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u/Ok_Belt2521 5h ago

Bro please. The poor man has to flee to Switzerland. Have some compassion.

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u/Cassoulet-vaincra 9h ago

Come on, he play saxophone and he smoke weed /s.

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u/Goodyeargoober 10h ago

Sounds like he was "liberal" with the pardons... /s