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BORDER PATROL AGENTS | President Trump granted full pardons to Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, two former Border Patrol agents who shot an alleged drug dealer, who they claimed was carrying a gun, crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in 2005. In 2009, Pres. George W. Bush had commuted their sentences, but Trump's pardon erases their records.
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BORDER PATROL AGENTS | President Trump granted full pardons to Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, two former Border Patrol agents who shot an alleged drug dealer, who they claimed was carrying a gun, crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in 2005. In 2009, Pres. George W. Bush had commuted their sentences, but Trump’s pardon erases their records.
AuthorAuthorPortrait of reporter Zareen Syed in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
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Under the U.S. Constitution, the president has the power to grant clemency for federal criminal offenses. The two most common forms of this are commutations, which completely or partially reduce prison sentences, and pardons, which “forgive” past crimes and restore the person’s civil rights.

Here are the most notable people President Trump has pardoned or reduced sentences for during the past four years.