MP> When this was announced on the local news, they included footage of him
 MP> talking about why he did it.  While I don't know that any of us have seen
 MP> Biden litteraly "in person," he spoke about it in front of a camera, and
 MP> he did campaign on it in 2020.
 MP> 
 MP> I am also sure there is some string-pulling/donor-suggestions involved in
 MP> the decision, too, but he did promise this during his 2020 campaign so it
 MP> should not be too surprising that he also commuted sentences.

He also promised to "provide clean water to all Americans," but nobody has held him to that commitment. Probably because replacing water pipes costs money, whereas springing some child predators from prison doesn't cost a cent.

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