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Klain says Biden personally decided to pardon Hunter; staff use of 'auto pen' and mass clemency questioned
Summary
Ronald Klain said President Joe Biden told him after the 2024 election, "I'm going to pardon Hunter," and confirmed the decision was the president’s to make.
Ronald Klain told the committee he had a post-election conversation with President Joe Biden in which the president stated, "I'm going to pardon Hunter." Klain said he discussed the political timing and breadth of such a pardon with the president but that the decision was Biden’s.
The committee asked Klain about press reporting and sourced documents suggesting staff sometimes finalized categorical clemency lists by running a final version through an "auto pen" rather than repeatedly asking the president to sign revised lists by hand. Klain said he was not present for the…
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