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Exhibit 311

Proclamation 6518, Grant of Executive Clemency

Exhibit 311 ยท Presidential proclamation

Proclamation 6518, Grant of Executive Clemency

The prosecutions of the individuals I am pardoning represent what I believe is a profoundly troubling development in the political and legal climate of our country: the criminalization of policy differences.

Pardons Abrams, Clarridge, Fiers, George, McFarlane and Weinberger.

Source
President George Bush
Date
24 December 1992
Quoted from
107 Stat. 2607, Proclamation 6518
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-107/pdf/STATUTE-107-Pg2606.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding DEF-6.4
Primary record Fourteen people were charged in the Iran/Contra prosecutions and eleven were convicted. Two convictions were vacated on appeal, and on 24 December 1992 President Bush pardoned six people, two of them before trial.