President Joe Biden announced a series of last-minute pardons before leaving office Monday, granting preemptive pardons to some family members and other GOP foes, as well as a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey, the late civil rights leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
With just hours remaining in office, the president issued the pardons to protect people Donald Trump had threatened.
Those issued pardons include retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Anthony Fauci.
In a series of 11th-hour pardons, Biden set the stage for incoming President Donald Trump to listen to his worst impulses regarding special treatment to his allies and cronies.
A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who attacked the U.S.
Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that Congress will “look into” Joe Biden pardoning his family—but said Donald Trump’s clemency for Jan. 6 rioters was about “redemption.” The top House Republican also announced another select committee on January 6,
Joe Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons for several high-profile figures whom Donald Trump has publicly spoken out against ahead of his Inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20
A major police union that endorsed President Donald Trump broke its silence late Tuesday evening on his pardons for those convicted for their actions related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol -- including people who violently assaulted law enforcement officers -- but tempered that criticism by also taking a swipe at former President Joe Biden for his eleventh-hour pardons.
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