POLITICS_ Obama Faces Difficult Choices Amid Stream Of Last-Minute Clemency Requests

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POLITICS

Obama Faces Difficult Choices Amid Stream Of Last-Minute Clemency Requests

4:09 December 29, 20169:10 AM ET
Heard on All Things Considered

CARRIE JOHNSON



Edward Snowden speaks in September via video link from Moscow during a news conference with Human Rights Watch to call upon President Obama to pardon Snowden before leaving office. Mary Altaffer/AP


Dealing with a flood of last-minute pardon requests amounted to one of the biggest surprises of his presidency, George W. Bush once wrote. Bush declared himself "disgusted" by how many people exploited their connections to make personal appeals.

Now, President Obama faces the same set of difficult decisions on the way out the door, with many high-profile applicants requesting clemency in the president's final weeks in office.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest recently warned applicants not to get their hopes up.

"He does not expect to essentially ram through any pardons at the last minute," Earnest said. "There's an established process and the president believes that's a process that's worth following."

And yet, there's a long and checkered history for those last-minute clemencies.

READ MORE: http://www.npr.org/2016/12/29/507242956/obama-faces-difficult-choices-amid-stream-of-last-minute-clemency-requests

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