On Inauguration Day, each the outgoing and incoming US presidents issued arguable pardons that expanded the facility to new limits.
Joe Biden gave members of the family pre-emptive pardons, whilst Donald Trump pardoned just about 1,600 folks charged with crimes associated with the rebellion at the United States Capitol.
The BBC’s Research Editor Ros Atkins examines how each cited “politically motivated prosecutions” to provide an explanation for their movements – and why that is a problem for believe within the justice machine going ahead.
