Biden keeps up with controversial acts of clemency while otherwise fading from view
President Joe Biden is leaning heavily into his clemency powers in the waning days of his term, using a tool only available to an incumbent without fear of political backlash. Fading from public view as President-elect Donald Trump increasingly wields the bully pulpit,
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Joe Biden pardoning Hunter Biden is a massive betrayal of American values—Robby Soave
Robby Soave delivers a radar on President Joe Biden's pardoning of so Hunter Biden. Originally aired December 2, 2024.
Biden pardoned son while leaving hundreds seeking clemency in limbo
President Biden’s historic one-day clemency act included commutations that sparked outrage, in part because the White House skipped normal vetting procedures.
Biden commutes sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on federal death row
Biden gives life in prison to 37 death row inmates
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Trump can’t have them executed
Fact Check: Biden granted clemency to 3 Chinese citizens as part of prisoner swap
U.S. President Joe Biden granted clemency to three Chinese citizens in November 2024 as part of a prisoner swap with China, contrary to social media posts suggesting it was a unilateral decision to free people who committed serious crimes.
That’s Beau, not Hunter, in 1973 photo of Joe Biden taking oath of office | Fact check
The image shows Biden’s son Beau, not Hunter. It was taken in 1973 when Biden was sworn in to the Senate in a Delaware hospital.
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‘The View’ Co-Hosts Defend Biden’s Hunter Pardon, Blame to Trump
The co-hosts of The View defended President Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, from various legal charges, arguing it was a protective move
Joe Biden's justifiable mercy
Indeed, the essential legacy of Anglo-American clemency power is mercy — the executive (royal) prerogative to sand down the sharpest edges of criminal punishment. Clemency power does present problems involving favoritism for political allies and personal friends,
FBI informant accused of lying about Joe and Hunter Biden pleads guilty
An FBI informant accused of lying about the Biden family has cut a plea deal with special counsel David Weiss, the prosecutor who led the criminal probe into Hunter Biden.
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The consideration comes after Biden issued a full pardon for his son Hunter -- a move that prompted backlash from Republicans and many Democrats. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, during his ...
Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing 'hurried' House action
President Biden vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying the House's “hurried action” left important questions unanswered about the life-tenured positions.
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2 men on death row for horrific slaying on Florida’s Turnpike won't be executed
The two men convicted in the heinous murder of a Palm Beach County family of four will no longer be sentenced to death following an announcement from President Joe Biden.