The convicted felon, whose federal prison sentence was commuted during the final days of Joe Biden’s presidency, was released from custody on February 19, only to be rearrested for the same crime less than a week later — this time on state charges. “That person might be able to raise a double jeopardy argument, it would probably be an uphill climb, but the argument would have to be that it violates Florida’s state double jeopardy laws,” he said. What presidential pardons coverA commutation is a lesser included act of a pardon, Meyler explained. In another recent case, a Trump pardon did not affect state charges against a woman accused of election interference. The president announced the pardon even though he couldn’t erase her state charges, and his pardon had no legal impact on her state conviction and incarceration.

Source: CNN March 08, 2026 13:01 UTC