Top 10 Most Infamous Pardons in US History

Just because you can, doesn’t always mean you should. From pardoning a brother, to pardoning a hardened criminal, to pardoning a political donor, these presidential mistakes will go down in history. WatchMojo counts down the Top 10 Most Infamous Pardons in US History.

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#10. Bill Clinton Pardons His Own Brother
#9. Richard Nixon Pardons Jimmy Hoffa
#8. Ronald Reagan Pardons Mark Felt and Edward Miller
#7. Donald Trump Pardons Joe Arpaio
#6. George H. W. Bush Pardons Caspar Weinberger
#5. Donald Trump Pardons Scooter Libby
#4. Jimmy Carter Pardons Vietnam Draft Dodgers
#3, #2 & #1???

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