Biden and his administration plan additional pardons, measures to prevent domestic political extremism, more military aid to Israel and more in the final days before handing the baton to President-elect Donald Trump and his team I am doing it.
Biden will complete his presidential term with one more overseas trip, during which he will visit Italy and the Vatican City and meet with Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella. Biden's visit to the Vatican will be aimed at discussing ways to promote peace around the world with Pope Francis, and his time with Italian leaders will serve to emphasize the strength of the U.S.-Italian alliance, the White House said. said. Biden will also thank Meloni for his leadership of the G7 last year and discuss the future challenges facing the world's major powers.
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President Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni give prepared remarks during a meeting in the Oval Office on March 1, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A Biden administration official told NBC News that Biden plans to address the nation two more times after returning from overseas and before Trump's inauguration. The first speech will focus on foreign policy, and the second will be Biden's farewell speech during his final days in the Oval Office. Neither speech has been fully drafted, officials said Saturday.
The sources also said Biden would issue additional pardons for people deemed to have been sentenced to unusually harsh sentences, combat violent extremism in the United States, and provide additional military funding to Israel (about $8 billion, according to the State Department). He also indicated that he is considering a new option (US dollar). war with Hamas.
The latest pardon comes after Biden commuted the sentences of about 1,500 people in mid-December, setting a record for the largest single-day pardon. Mr. Biden is also considering preemptive pardons for people who could face political retaliation from President Trump, people familiar with the matter told NBC News.
Meanwhile, the Justice Department indicated Monday in the final days before Trump's inauguration that it is still considering whether to prosecute 200 more cases related to the Jan. 6 incident. Meanwhile, President Trump is expected to pardon many of those convicted of related crimes to participate in the day's events.
Scenes from the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
According to the Associated Press, Biden and his administration are under pressure to strengthen protections for transgender student-athletes and cancel additional student loan debt, in addition to plans of action they plan to take ahead of President Trump's inauguration. Biden's lack of action on the other hand is also noteworthy. press.
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Mr. Biden's actions after Mr. Trump won the presidential election in November have drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle.
“This is one of the most lame duck situations we've seen in a Democratic administration,” a spokesperson for the progressive nonprofit Justice Democrats said last month. A Democratic lawmaker close to a senior member said, “There is no leadership coming from the White House.'' “A complete vacuum exists.”
Some Democrats, including Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, were upset that Biden did not push back on many of Trump's Cabinet picks.
President Biden and President-elect Trump (Getty Images/File)
Republicans, meanwhile, dispute Mr. Biden's actions in the final weeks of his term as an insult to Americans who voted for Mr. Trump.
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Republican campaign strategist Colin Reed said, “President Biden is leaving office as a far-left ideologue hell-bent on pushing the country in a direction independent of the will of voters.'' “I am doing so,” he said.
“Trump can undo anything Biden does, but Biden is trying to set a legal trap on Trump that will deter investors from taking part in projects on public lands.” added Steve Milloy, a fellow at the U.S. Institute of Energy, after news broke Monday that Biden was moving again to restrict domestic energy. Production on a specific piece of land. The move is part of a series of actions Mr. Biden has taken in the final weeks to shore up the country's defenses against Mr. Trump's plan to roll back many of its green energy initiatives.
Trump slammed Biden's last-minute policy decisions in an interview on Monday, accusing the lame-duck president of making a “smooth transition of power” more difficult.
“Biden has banned all oil and gas drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. coastal land. That's just ridiculous. I'm lifting the ban immediately. I have the right to lift the ban immediately. “What's the point?'' Why is he doing that? ” President Trump said in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. “You know, we have something that no one else has. No one has as much as we have. And because we can expand, we have something that no one else has. There will be more than that by the time we finish.”
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