Biden in Final Hours Pardons Relatives and Others to Thwart Trump Reprisals

• 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.
  
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  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 - 5h
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  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.
  
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  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 ...
  
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• 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.
  
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• Biden pardons Marcus Garvey, Don Scott and 3 others in final full day action

  Virginia House Speaker Don Scott told CBS News through tears that he is "so very grateful."
  
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  GOP senator: Biden's eleventh-hour actions 'slap in the face' to Trump voters

  Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) says that President Biden’s moves in the final days of his presidency to ban offshore drilling, grant clemency to hundreds of Americans convicted of crimes, and ...
  
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• How Trump is responding to some of Biden's final moves

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  CBS News - Jan. 6
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  Trump promised pardons for January 6 rioters in ‘first hour’ of his second term. What might this mean?

  Observers raise alarm about how pardons for convicted Capitol attackers might weaken US criminal justice system. As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, politicians, legal observers ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 6

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