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Bush, Carter Didn’t Pardon Relatives, Contrary to Posts

Bush, Carter Didn’t Pardon Relatives, Contrary to Posts

President Joe Biden is one of only a few presidents who have granted pardons to a relative. But social media posts falsely claim that former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush also pardoned family members. While Billy Carter and Neil Bush faced controversies, neither was criminally charged nor received a pardon.