Snopes: Biden's Critics Claim He's Issued More Pardons Than Any Other President. Here Are the Numbers

U.S. President Joe Biden has issued more pardons than any other American president.

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On Dec. 13, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden announced one of the biggest acts of clemency in modern American history by pardoning 39 people and commuting the sentences of almost 1,500 others.

The act sparked discussion online over the power of the presidential pardon, and several conservative pundits on social media criticized Biden's actions as an overreach, claiming that he had pardoned more people than any other president in American history. The rumor was also shared by tech billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X.

However, that claim is false — Biden has not pardoned more people than any other U.S. president. The language of the presidential pardon is key to understanding why this is the case.

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