Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader is quoted in a USA Today article fact checking claims that President Joe Biden could get involved in a high-profile criminal case and pardon UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is the entity that charged Mangione with second-degree murder, meaning New York Gov. Kathy Hochul could pardon him, Fordham University law professor Cheryl Bader told USA TODAY.
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The U.S. Constitution’s ban on presidential clemency for state crimes explains why Biden would not have been able to pardon President-elect Donald Trump after he was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records in his New York hush money trial, as Bader said and USA TODAY previously reported.
Read “Biden can’t pardon Luigi Mangione on state charges | Fact check” in USA Today.