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Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., called for an end to the presidential pardon through a post<\/a> on X on Monday.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve been in support of getting rid of a presidential pardon for either party. I don\u2019t think it makes sense in the modern world. And we just saw why it\u2019s a problem last week,” Slotkin said.<\/p>\n

“Last week, Donald Trump pardoned the CEO of a cryptocurrency company called Binance. This CEO had invested heavily in President Trump\u2019s family crypto venture. I didn\u2019t like it when Democrats did it, I don\u2019t like it when Republicans do it,” Slotkin said.<\/p>\n

While many Democrats in the House of Representatives shared Slotkin’s concerns about the pardon’s use, members of the Judiciary Committee were split over whether lawmakers should eliminate the power outright.<\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump\u2019s pardoning of Changpeng Zhao,<\/a> a tech billionaire who had been convicted of facilitating money laundering, is just the most recent controversy over the pardon power. Trump\u2019s pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riots \u2014 coupled with former President Joe Biden\u2019s preemptive pardoning of his own family \u2014 have invited questions about its proper use.<\/p>\n

In light of Trump’s record on the power, Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said he agreed with Slotkin.<\/p>\n

“I one thousand percent agree with her,” Lieu said. “It\u2019s been abused.”<\/p>\n

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Other members said they had reservations about throwing it out completely.<\/p>\n

“In the past we have had presidents that have used pardons with a lot of thoughtfulness,” Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif., said. “We are now in an abnormal situation with a very rogue president who is not accountable to the American people or to Congress.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not trying to throw the baby out with the bath water. I do think it is a [power] that should be reserved because it\u2019s been used actually with a lot of sincerity and thought. We should be focusing on getting rid of this rogue president rather than doing away with systems that have worked in the past.”<\/p>\n

Kamlager-Dove pointed to President Joe Biden\u2019s commutation of Leonard Peltier\u2019s<\/a> sentence as one such example \u2014 a Native American advocate. He had been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences for the murder of a pair of FBI agents in 1975 but was released from prison earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Rep. Jamie Raskin,<\/a> D-Md., the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, echoed Kamlager-Dove’s thoughts.<\/p>\n

“I certainly think we need to analyze the systemic abuses that have been taking place. At the same time \u2014 that we maintain the power of clemency and mercy that has traditionally reposed in the executive branch,” Raskin said.<\/p>\n

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While she wouldn\u2019t support removing the presidential pardons, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-WA., another member of the Judiciary Committee, would support limiting the power in some way. She acknowledged that any change to it would require a constitutional amendment \u2014 a longshot reform that would require supermajority agreement among lawmakers.<\/p>\n

“In my mind, it\u2019s about a narrow use,” Jayapal said. “It has to be much more tapered, and I\u2019m not sure if you can make it that tapered \u2014\u00a0I would rather that than get rid of it.”<\/p>\n

Jayapal noted the country has adopted several constitutional amendments in the past.<\/p>\n

When asked if presidential powers still served a purpose, Lieu said he doesn’t know exactly, but believes its use has drifted from its original design.<\/p>\n

“Definitely not the role it\u2019s playing now where Donald Trump is pardoning hardened criminals and his friends and allies \u2014 that\u2019s not the framers\u2019 vision of the pardon provision,” Lieu said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/dem-senator-divides-party-over-controversial-pardon-proposal <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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