Will Scott Bessent receive a presidential pardon before Jan 21, 2029?
🗂 Part of event: Who will Trump pardon? →💡 What the odds say
The market puts this at about a 46% chance — a coin toss.
No money — just record your call and see if you were right. Yes is at 46% right now.
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How it resolves
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Resolution criteria
If Scott Bessent has been given a presidential pardon, commutation, or reprieve during Trump's second term and before Jan 21, 2029, then the market resolves to Yes.
ⓘ A market settles under its own written rules, which can lag what looks decided in the news — so the price may not move to 100% the moment an outcome seems obvious.
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