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[|Human|] Which U.S. President granted the first pardon for a U.S. federal crimial offense?
[|AI|] The first US President to grant a pardon for a federal criminal offense was George Washington. Washington granted the first presidential pardon in 1795 to participants of the Whiskey Rebellion, a group of farmers and distillers in western Pennsylvania who were charged with high treason for refusing to pay an excise tax on whiskey.
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Which U.S. President granted the first pardon for a U.S. federal crimial offense?