The FBI Agents Association expressed outrage after former President Joe Biden granted clemency to Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who was convicted of killing two FBI agents.
In his final moments in the Oval Office this week, the former president announced a number of pardons and commutations, the most common of which was for 1975 convict Leonard Pelletier. According to UPI:
Among the names pardoned Monday was long-imprisoned Native American activist Leonard Pelletier. Pelletier was convicted of murdering two FBI agents on his property in 1975 in a trial that many considered a sham, and is the “longest-serving political prisoner” in the United States. It is said. .
Paul O'Brien, executive director of Amnesty International USA, said in a statement Monday that Mr. He said it was “the right thing to do” to commute the sentence.
Meanwhile, Britain-based Amnesty International has been advocating for Pelletier's release to the US government for decades and publicly released him at least twice in the final months of last year.
In a statement released Monday, the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) called out the “brutal murders of FBI Special Agents Jack Kohler and Ronald Williams,” calling the former president's commutation of Pelletier's sentence “disgraceful. ”.
“While Mr. Peltier remains guilty, the shameful last-minute act by then-President Biden to release him from prison is despicable and lacks accountability. “It's a cruel betrayal and a slap in the face to law enforcement.”
Agents Kohler and Williams gave their lives in service to this country, and their families continue to bear the burden of that sacrifice. The loss of these heroes is felt as deeply within the FBI family today as it was in 1975.”
The statement added that Pelletier “has never expressed remorse for his actions” and should not be afforded any mercy or leniency.
Many of the former president's pardons and commutations raised eyebrows even among Democrats, most notably his decision to pardon five members of his own family just before leaving office.
“Record-low polls show widespread Saw As a “failed” president, Biden completed his solo victory to the bottom of ethics by granting preemptive pardons to his own family. ” I wrote Jonathan Turley hill.
“The pardon was timed to keep the media from focusing on further unethical behavior by this president. He didn't have to worry. For four years, the media has been “We have worked tirelessly to deny or deflect the corruption scandal surrounding us,” Turley added.
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