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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. RES. 935
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
December 19 (legislative day, December 16), 2024
Mr. Cotton submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
RESOLUTION
Condemning the commutation of Michael Conahan granted by President Biden on December 12, 2024.
Sense of the Senate regarding the commutation of Michael Conahan granted by President Biden on December 12, 2024
It is the sense of the Senate that—
President Joseph R. Biden undermined the rule of law and robbed victims of justice, when he issued the commutation of Michael Conahan on December 12, 2024;
Michael Conahan was a judge convicted of accepting kickbacks in exchange for his role in sentencing more than 2,300 children to private juvenile detention centers;
this commutation is a reprehensible insult to the victims of Michael Conahan;
the action of the President is made yet more outrageous by his failure to individually review Michael Conahan’s case;
President Biden acted contrary to the original intent of the Presidential pardon power to correct specific and limited failures in the criminal justice system; and
the Senate condemns this commutation and condemns the process by which it was approved.