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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

Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2022 in a Facebook post:

Vladimir Putin “released 35,000 children from tunnels and subway in Ukraine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• April 20, 2022

David Cicilline stated on November 18, 2011 in a fundraising letter:

Enacting the Right-to-Carry Act would amount to "expanding the rights of sex offenders, terrorists, child predators, and abusers to carry concealed weapons across state lines.’’

By Lynn Arditi• January 1, 2012

Michael McCaul stated on June 30, 2024 in an interview:

“(Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro) Mayorkas said, ‘Hey you don’t have to detain aggravated felons,’ those are rapists, child predators, you know, murderers.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• July 11, 2024

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

Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":

The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."

By Jon Greenberg• April 27, 2018

Greg Abbott stated on October 13, 2010 in a campaign television ad:

Says he's arrested more criminals, "including thousands of child predators and sex offenders," than any previous Texas attorney general.

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• November 11, 2010

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

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

Donald Trump stated on March 17, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

Former President Joe Biden’s pardons of lawmakers on the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack “are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” because “they were done by autopen.”

By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• March 17, 2025

Facebook posts stated on December 02, 2024 in a post:

Photo shows President Joe Biden used his son Hunter’s injuries from a car accident as a photo opportunity when taking the oath of office for Senate in 1973.

By Sara Swann• December 5, 2024

Republican Party of Wisconsin stated on August 01, 2018 in a radio ad:

Claims that Democratic candidate for governor Matt Flynn "told one child predator to ‘wait and see,’ when he should have turned him in to authorities."

By Ahmed Elbenni• August 10, 2018

Katie Pavlich stated on August 26, 2017 in in a tweet:

Says former President Barack Obama "pardoned a traitor who gave U.S. enemies state secrets, he also pardoned a terrorist who killed Americans."

By Manuela Tobias• August 30, 2017

Instagram posts stated on December 04, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Trump was impeached for trying to investigate all the crimes that Joe Biden just pardoned Hunter over.”

By Loreben Tuquero• December 6, 2024

Facebook posts stated on January 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Joe Exotic was pardoned.

By Ciara O'Rourke• January 21, 2021

Concernedcitizen4U stated on June 10, 2010 in a video:

Thurbert Baker kept a teen in jail "who didn't even commit a felony."

By Eric Stirgus• June 18, 2010

Joe Biden stated on December 01, 2024 in a statement:

On pardoning his son Hunter Biden

By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2024

Bloggers stated on February 06, 2019 in a story:

“Robert de Niro Linked to Child Sex Trafficking Ring According to Court Records”

By Madison Czopek• February 18, 2020

Threads posts stated on July 07, 2024 in a Threads post:

Video shows “huge green coloured meteor” on July 7, 2024, in Budapest, Hungary.

By Grace Abels• July 9, 2024

Threads posts stated on December 02, 2024 in a post:

Former presidents George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter issued pardons to a son and brother, respectively.

By Gideon Hess• December 5, 2024

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