President Obama slashed the sentences of over 200 prisoners Monday in an unusually flashy way — he bragged that no other president had done more.

"Today, President Obama granted clemency to 231 deserving individuals — the most individual acts of clemency granted in a single day by any president in this nation's history," heralded the White House.

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But it's how the administration cheered its actions that was unusual.

It even included a bar chart that proved Obama's legacy project to "exemplify his belief that America is a nation of second chances," blogged Neil Eggleston, White House counsel.

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com