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Biden sets presidential pardons, commutations record as he commutes almost 2,500 more sentences
President Biden says he's commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. That gives him the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations issued.
What are presidential pardons and why did Joe Biden pardon Anthony Fauci?
The pardons were for public officials including Anthony Fauci - who led the American response to Covid-19 - and people who investigated the riot at the US Capitol building in 2021. He also pardoned a number of family members, including his brothers James, Francis and Frank Biden, and sister Valerie Biden Owens.
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U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned five members of his family, saying he wanted to prevent them from being targeted by "baseless and politically motivated investigations." Those pardoned are his two brothers James and Francis.
Moments before leaving the presidency, Biden pardons his siblings and their spouses
It was just moments before Joe Biden’s presidential term ended when he announced pardons for his siblings and their spouses
Joe Biden pardons several family members
Biden announced the pardons in a last batch of clemency decisions just before Donald Trump took the oath of office.
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