# Did President Trump pardon convicted and/or accused war criminals on Memorial Day 2019?

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**Created:** [May 28, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-president-trump-pardon-convicted-and-or-accused-war-criminals-on-memorial-day-2019/834649 "2019-05-28T16:09:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-president-trump-pardon-convicted-and-or-accused-war-criminals-on-memorial-day-2019/834649/1 "2019-05-28T16:09:46Z")

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[The AP says he was planning on it](https://www.apnews.com/1b76890a47414e698812fd22daa033a6), but I can’t find any news that he actually did it. Did he?

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-president-trump-pardon-convicted-and-or-accused-war-criminals-on-memorial-day-2019/834649/2 "2019-05-28T16:42:54Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> [The AP says he was planning on it](https://www.apnews.com/1b76890a47414e698812fd22daa033a6), but I can’t find any news that he actually did it. Did he?

No he didn’t. I think some of them are still awaiting trial and that he said he would now wait until after their trial and then consider pardoning them.