regarding the Obama administration’s record on granted clemency during the NBC town hallMonday night.null
Biden was on the defensive during an exchange with town hall moderator Lester Holt, who pressed the Democratic nominee about his criminal justice record, invoking the inaction when Democrats controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress while President Trump signed the First Step Act into law.
“[Trump] points to the Criminal Justice Reform Bill. As you and Barack Obama served at a time when you had both houses of Congress and still couldn’t get some of these things done,” Holt said.null
“Yeah we did,” Biden pushed back. “We led- 18,000 people got clemency.”https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1313285169873289216&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fbiden-falsely-obama-18000-people-clemency&siteScreenName=foxnews&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px
Well, analysis from The Federalist shows that Biden’s estimate was off by nearly 90 percent.
Statistics from The Department of Justice show only 1,715 people were granted clemency during all eight years of the Obama administration and an additional 212 were granted pardons.null
The DOJ documented that 18,749 clemency requests were denied by the Obama administration.
