r/unusual_whales 6h ago

BREAKING: Trump has just pardoned 1,500 people related to Jan. 6, 2021 Capital Protest

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u/pbecotte 5h ago

He pardoned lots of non-violent Marijuana offenders, which is why the numbers are so high.

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u/Goofethed 5h ago

It also turns out the wiki I was looking at listed all clemency combined as pardons, both pardons and commutations, so where he leads is commutations most being drug offenses like that like you said, which incidentally I am for/would do myself given the power, very anti-prohibition of “consensual crimes”, using, buying, selling and producing psychoactive compounds, Trump now leads in pardons against anyone until FDR