Elizabeth Oyer: Pardon Attorney Advocate
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Biden and Trump pardons come under scrutiny, renewing calls for reform
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Elizabeth Oyer is the U.S. pardon attorney for former federal inmate Alice Marie Johnson .
Oyer's job is to run the process by which people apply for and receive clemency.
In an email last month , she expressed frustration after then-President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 2,500 drug offenders.
The back-to-back presidential clemencies by Biden and Trump leaned on politics, drawing intensive scrutiny of the process.
Biden timed the announcement of pardons for his last day in office, before one final strike: pre-emptive pardons.
Justice Department officials frustrated by Biden 's last-minute moves, including pardoning Capitol rioters.
Justice department facing mounting challenges of another kind under Trump , including demotion of prosecutors.
Trump ’s tapping of Alice Johnson has drawn scorn from critics who accuse him of putting on a kind public face.
Critics say he says drug dealers deserve the death penalty.
Trump said he was empowering Johnson to take a hands-on role at the White House last month .
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