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Ted Cruz: “On January 17, 2025, the administration issued 2,490…”

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It begins, dear Attorney General Bondi, on December 12, 2024, the Biden administration commuted the sentences of roughly 1500 inmates and pardoned 39 others. And On January 17, 2025, the administration issued 2,490 additional commutations, more in a single day than any president had ever granted over an entire presidency. Yeah, that's the wow moment, by the way. The wow Moment is there. 2,490 commutations, more in a single day than any president had ever granted over an entire presidency. (03:03–03:23)

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