Trump’s New Pardon Attorney to Scrutinize Pardons Biden Issued Before Leaving Office

Ed Martin said he is ‘going to take a hard look' at the pardons.
Trump’s New Pardon Attorney to Scrutinize Pardons Biden Issued Before Leaving Office
U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin Jr. speaks at a news conference in Washington on May 13, 2025. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
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President Donald Trump’s newly tapped pardon attorney said on May 13 that his work will include scrutinizing pardons that President Joe Biden issued just before leaving office in January.

“I do think that the Biden pardons need some scrutiny. And they need scrutiny because we want pardons to matter and to be accepted and to be something that’s used correctly,” Ed Martin, the pardon attorney, told reporters during a press briefing in Washington.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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