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The pardons of the ex-contractors involved in the killings of Iraqi civilians drew rebukes from civil rights groups in particular. The executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group, called it "an unconscionable act of moral insanity." The four ex-contractors worked for Blackwater, a firm founded by Erik Prince, one of Trump's allies and the brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos "The idea of the pardon power is really to address injustice and to either right wrongs or show mercy when that’s appropriate," said Noah Bookbinder, executive director...

How Trump and past presidents have wielded the presidential pardon By Kathryn Watson December 18, 2020 / 2:51 PM / CBS News As President Trump's final days in the Oval Office wind down, he's widely expected to exercise the power of the pardon, as his predecessors have. Pardon reviews tend to snowball at the end of an administration, and Mr. Trump has not hesitated to extend clemency to a small number of Americans, including some of his controversial allies.  However, the number of people he has pardoned so far is much smaller than his immediate predecessors. Up to thi...