To direct the Attorney General to submit to Congress investigative materials in the event of certain pardons granted by the President, and for other purposes.

United States115th CongressHR-5551House of Representatives
Updated: Apr 18, 2018

Summary

Abuse of the Pardon Prevention Act This bill requires the Department of Justice to submit to Congress all investigative materials related to an offense for which the President pardons an individual if the offense arises from an investigation in which the President, or a relative of the President, is a target, subject, or witness.

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S-2770: A bill to direct the Attorney General to submit to Congress investigative materials in the event of certain pardons granted by the President, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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