List of People Pardoned or Granted Clemency By The President of The United States - George W. Bush

George W. Bush

Republican President George W. Bush pardoned, commuted or rescinded the convictions of 200 people during his term. Among them are:

• Lewis "Scooter" Libby – Assistant to President George W. Bush and Chief of Staff to Dick Cheney was convicted of perjury in connection with the CIA leak scandal involving members of State Department who 'outed' CIA agent Valerie Plame. Libby received commutation, not a full pardon.
• José Compeán and Ignacio Ramos – Two US Border Patrol agents who wounded drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Dávila and tried to cover up the incident. Senator Dianne Feinstein asked President Bush to commute the sentences.
• Charles Winters – Posthumous pardon for smuggling three B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers to Israel in the late 1940s
• Issac Robert Toussie – Convicted of making false statements to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; pardoned and the pardon revoked one day later
• Edwin L. Cox Jr. – Convicted in 1988 for bank fraud
• John Forté – Hip-hop singer/song writer's sentence for smuggling cocaine was commuted.