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Duke Cunningham asks Bush for clemency.

Last weekend, the New York Times reported that “[f]elons are asking President Bush for pardons and commutations at historic levels as he nears his final months in office, a time when many other presidents have granted a flurry of clemency requests.” The AP reports that former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-CA) is now among the applicants:

Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA) who filled Cunningham’s seat, “opposes freeing his predecessor early.” “I don’t think I can overstate the damage that Mr. Cunningham did to the institution of government,” Bilbray said.

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