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Created: 2025-07-22 21:11:53 UTC

Barack Obama did not pardon himself while he was president.

No U.S. president, including Obama, has ever tried to pardon himself, and there is no record or official act of self-pardon during his administration.

The idea of a presidential self-pardon is still untested in U.S. history and remains a legal gray area, but it simply never happened under Obama.


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