Biden Preemptively Pardons Family Members and Trump Foes
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Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals
President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by Donald J. Trump, including five members of his family as well as Liz Cheney, Anthony S. Fauci and Mark A. Milley.The New York Times - 1h -
Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz criticizes Biden's preemptive pardons
In the final hours of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to several critics of President Trump and members of his own family. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett ...CBS News - 1h -
Trump revokes Biden-era order allowing transgender members to serve in military
President Trump on Monday, in his first executive order, revoked dozens of Biden-era actions, including one that allowed members of the transgender community to serve in the military. In a signing ...The Hill - 2h -
Biden grants last-minute pardons to family and Trump critics
Before leaving office, President Biden issued a series of pardons to people who could be targeted with President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House, including members of his family, Dr. ...CBS News - 3h -
Biden pardons his family in final minutes in office
President Joe Biden previously had pardoned his son Hunter Biden, who had been convicted in a criminal gun case and pleaded guilty in a tax case.CNBC - 9h -
Biden pardons family members minutes before Trump sworn in
Minutes before his term is set to end, Biden announced that he was pardoning several members of his family, including his brother James Biden, sister-in-law Sara Biden, sister Valerie Biden Owens, ...NBC News - 11h -
CNN's John King: Biden's last-minute pardons of family 'unseemly'
CNN’s John King criticized former President Biden’s last-minute pardons of his family members on his way out of the White House as “unseemly” in remarks Monday. In voiceover commentary on CNN, the ...The Hill - 4h -
Pardoned Biden Family Members Were Targets of Republicans
The relatives who were granted clemency in the final minutes of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidency had not been charged with wrongdoing, but some had drawn scrutiny.The New York Times - 5h -
Why Biden pardoned Mark Milley ahead of Trump taking office
Former President Biden's preemptive pardon for retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will give the retired military official a shield against any action that ...The Hill - 7h -
Why Biden pardoned Milley, Fauci and family members before Trump took office
Former President Joe Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons to shield members of his family as well as Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark A. Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee and ...CBS News - 8h -
Biden pardons family members and Trump foes in effort to guard against potential ‘revenge’
Decision by Biden comes after Trump warned of enemies list, including people who investigated Capitol attack. Donald Trump inauguration – live updates Joe Biden used the last day of his ...The Guardian - 10h -
Biden Pardons 5 Members of His Family in Final Minutes in Office
Mr. Biden emphasized that he did not believe his family did anything wrong, but he feared political attacks by Donald J. Trump.The New York Times - 10h -
Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency
President Joe Biden issued pardons to several close family members Monday in the final minutes of his presidency.ABC News - 11h -
Biden pardons family members minutes before Trump sworn in
Minutes before his term is set to end, Biden announced that he was pardoning several members of his family, including his brother James Biden, sister-in-law Sara Biden, sister Valerie Biden Owens, ...NBC News - 11h -
Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for members of his family in one of his final acts as president
Just minutes before leaving office, President Joe Biden announced a set of sweeping pre-emptive pardons to members of his family, including his two brothers and his sister, after some on the right ...NBC News - 11h -
Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members
With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House Jan. 6 committee.ABC News - 11h -
Fauci says he will accept preemptive pardon from Biden
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), told The Hill on Monday that he intends to accept the pardon preemptively offered to him by ...The Hill - 12h -
Trump responds to Biden’s last-minute pardons: ‘Disgraceful’
Donald Trump responds to the pardons Joe Biden issued in the last hours of his presidency in a text message to NBC’s Kristen Welker. “It is disgraceful. Many are guilty of major crimes,” he wrote.NBC News - 13h -
Biden, Harris meet with preemptive pardons announced for Fauci, Milley and Jan. 6 committee members
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met at the White House Monday morning before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony. Their meeting came after the White House ...CBS News - 13h -
McCarthy on Biden pardons: 'It raises doubt on what they did'
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized President Biden's decision to pardon Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) and other members of the House panel that ...The Hill - 13h -
Biden preemptively pardons Trump foes including Fauci, Milley and Jan. 6 committee
President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."CBS News - 14h -
Sen. John Thune reacts to Biden pardons, enacting Trump agenda
Sen. John Thune, the new Senate majority leader from South Dakota, joins TODAY to weigh in on the flurry of pardons issued by Joe Biden in the last hours of his presidency and how he plans to work ...NBC News - 15h -
Biden pardons Fauci, Milley, Jan. 6 committee ahead of Trump inauguration
President Biden on Monday morning, just hours before President Trump's inauguration, granted pardons to Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy.) and other members of the ...The Hill - 15h -
Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920sABC News - 1d -
Biden posthumously pardons Black nationalist Marcus Garvey
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.NBC News - 1d -
Trump Returns to White House With More Deferential Allies and Foes
As Donald J. Trump prepares to take the oath of office for a second time, much of the world seems to be bowing down to him and demoralized opponents are rethinking the future.The New York Times - 1d -
Rebuffed by Biden, former Sen. Bob Menendez seeks a pardon from Trump
WASHINGTON — Allies of former Sen.NBC News - 3d -
Biden pardons nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders
"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," President Joe Biden wrote in his announcement Friday.ABC News - 3d -
Biden Says He’s Considering Pre-emptive Pardons For Trump’s Potential Targets
The president hasn’t yet decided what he will do, he said, acknowledging that the makeup of Trump’s new administration could influence his decision.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
Biden says he could have won 2024 election, undecided on issuing preemptive pardons
“It’s presumptuous to say that, but I think yes," he told the newspaper.ABC News - Jan. 8 -
Biden says he hasn't decided on preemptive pardons for Trump critics
President Biden said in a new interview that he had not yet decided whether to issue preemptive pardons to critics of President-elect Trump, such as former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) or Anthony ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
Woman arrested after poisoned Christmas cake kills 3 family members
Three women died and three other relatives fell ill after eating the cake during a family get-together on December 23, officials said.CBS News - Jan. 6 -
Menendez brothers family members meet with new LA County DA
More than 20 members of Erik and Lyle Menendez's extended family met with the Los Angeles District Attorney on Friday and made their case for a reduced sentence for the brothers who are currently ...NBC News - Jan. 4 -
Two more family members sentenced in Ohio crime of ‘boundless depravity’
Eight members of a family were killed in a 2016 shooting and another two members received lengthy sentences. Two more family members convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family ...The Guardian - Jan. 3 -
Wayne Osmond, member of the singing Osmond family, dies aged 73
Utah-born singer dies at hospital after ‘massive stroke’, making him first of hugely successful US pop group to die. Wayne Osmond, the smooth baritone of pop group the Osmond Brothers and later the ...The Guardian - Jan. 2