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Search results for "Nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz got a presidential pardon"

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Ben Carson stated on August 16, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The number of people who "believe in socialism ... is increasing."
By Linda Qiu• August 16, 2015
Joe Biden stated on October 05, 2020 in an NBC town hall in Miami:
During the Obama/Biden administration “18,000 people got clemency.”
By Amy Sherman• October 6, 2020
Mitt Romney stated on December 17, 2007 in a TV ad airing in Iowa.:
Huckabee "granted 1,033 pardons and commutations . . . more clemencies than the previous three governors combined."
By Bill Adair• December 28, 2007
Instagram posts stated on January 24, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“Biden pardons are unconstitutional! 7th Circuit Court Judge Joseph Barron ruled that there is no provision to pardon someone who hasn’t been formally charged.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 30, 2025
Crossroads GPS stated on May 16, 2012 in a television ad:
Says Obama broke his promise to help homeowners facing foreclosure.
By Molly Moorhead• May 25, 2012
Facebook posts stated on February 15, 2025 in an Instagram post:
“The very LIBERAL 9th Circuit Court has ruled that 84 of Biden's last-minute pardons are unconstitutional.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 21, 2025
Facebook posts stated on February 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"Pardons — Obama: 1,927, Trump: 26. And Trump is abusing that power?"
By Tom Kertscher• February 24, 2020
Donald Trump stated on December 02, 2025 in a Truth Social post:
Any pardon signed with an autopen is now "fully and completely terminated, and is of no legal effect."
By Louis Jacobson• December 4, 2025
Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Exotic was pardoned.
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 21, 2021
Facebook posts stated on January 10, 2025 in a post on Facebook:
“So (Los Angeles), Hollywood, and California (get) 100% aid for the next 180 days while Western North Carolina got $750.”
By Madison Czopek• January 16, 2025
Threads posts stated on January 29, 2025 in a Threads post:
A Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump was “killed when she used her 2A rights with a shotgun while being served for eviction.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 31, 2025
Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Seniors around the world who died from COVID vaccine are being improperly listed as “natural causes.”
By Tom Kertscher• February 5, 2021
Liz Oyer stated on April 30, 2025 in a TikTok post:
“President Trump has granted pardons that have wiped out over $1 billion in debts owed by wealthy Americans who have committed fraud and broken the law.”
By Louis Jacobson• June 6, 2025
Social Media stated on March 27, 2026 in social media posts:
Image shows President Donald Trump asked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Truth Social to pardon Tiger Woods following a DUI charge.
By Loreben Tuquero• March 30, 2026
Meagan Wolfe stated on November 05, 2021 in TV interview:
"Only a court can decide that somebody is incompetent to vote" -- the state Election Commission "cannot force facilities, private facilities, to allow special voting deputies" inside.
By D.L. Davis• November 18, 2021
UndergroundNewsReport.com stated on February 28, 2017 in an Internet post:
"Man pardoned by Obama three months ago arrested for murder."
By Joshua Gillin• March 6, 2017
Jay Inslee stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview:
"We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."
By John Kruzel• March 13, 2019
Newt Gingrich stated on January 30, 2012 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.:
"Gov. Romney cut off kosher meals for Jewish senior citizens who were on Medicaid to save $5 a day."
By Becky Bowers• February 1, 2012
Boyd Richie stated on June 16, 2010 in an e-mail:
Says Rep. Ken Legler "voted against installing fire sprinklers and emergency power generators in nursing homes."
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 9, 2010
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee stated on June 08, 2011 in a news release:
"Rep. Jim Renacci’s plan to end Medicare also puts nursing home care for 3,000 seniors in the district in immediate jeopardy."
By Sabrina Eaton• June 28, 2011

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