President Biden commutes 1,500 sentences, grants pardons for 39 others
President Biden has commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 people, the largest single-day clemency act in modern history, the White House announced Thursday morning. The sentence was commuted for inmates who have been placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and have “successfully reintegrated into their families and communities,” according […]
Biden Must Examine Pardons for ‘Aggressive Prosecutions’ Under Biden for ‘People Like Marilyn Mosby’
On Wednesday's broadcast of MSNBC's “The Readout,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced that President Joe Biden will pardon former Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby. I commented on the possibility of doing so. was indicted and was found guilty perjury and False mortgage application form During the Biden administration, he said things […]
Blumenthal 'strongly opposes' Biden pardons for Jan. 6 panel members
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) says President Biden will pre-emptively pardon members of Congress who served on the House committee tasked with investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. I poured cold water on my thoughts. “I strongly oppose preemptive pardons,” Blumenthal said Wednesday, citing his credibility as a federal prosecutor and state […]
Hunter Biden Prosecution Was as Illegitimate as Trump’s
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) compared President-elect Donald Trump's business records case and Hunter Biden's gun trial as both unfair, saying, It's appropriate.” “Trump’s hush money and Hunter Biden cases are both uproarious, and a pardon is appropriate,” Fetterman wrote in his first article. post In true social. “Weaponizing the judiciary for overt partisan gain diminishes […]
Hannity floats scathing critique of Biden admin over ‘chilling’ drone flights: Don’t seem to ‘give a damn’
Fox News host Sean Hannity accused the Biden administration of failing to “get to the bottom” of a number of mysterious drone sightings as Americans in the Northeast watched the skies. Pentagon denies lawmaker's claim that New Jersey drone came from Iran Sean Hannity: Of course, anxiety is on the rise, and that's to be […]
Biden Greenlights Key National Security Memo Before Trump’s Inauguration
President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved a major national security memorandum that could guide the Trump administration on Russia, China, Iran and North Korea ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House. The memo, which has not been made public because the White House called the findings sensitive, details how the countries mentioned […]
Bill Clinton says he’s open to talking to Biden about preemptive pardon for Hillary Clinton
Former President Clinton said he is open to discussing the possibility of a preemptive pardon for his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with President Biden. Bill Clinton appeared on “The View” Wednesday to talk about President-elect Trump, who takes office early next year, and his threat to go after political opponents during his […]
Longtime Biden adviser rips ‘rationale’ of Hunter pardon: ‘Attack on our judicial system’
Anita Dunn, a longtime Biden aide and former senior adviser, criticized the president's response to pardoning his son Hunter on Wednesday, saying she disagreed with the “timing” and “rationale,” but calling it “an issue for our country.” “It's an attack on the justice system.” “If this pardon had been done at the end of the […]
Biden admin loans Ukraine $20B backed by profits from ‘immobilized’ Russian assets
The Biden administration announced on Tuesday that it would distribute $20 billion in loans to Ukraine, with the funds recovered from profits generated by “immobilized” Russian assets. “These funds, paid for with windfall profits from Russia's own disabled assets, will provide a critical injection of support in defending Ukraine from an unprovoked war of aggression.” […]
Biden doubles tariffs on Chinese solar panel components
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will double tariffs on some solar panel components made in China. Starting in January, Chinese solar wafer and polysilicon imports will be subject to a 50% tariff, up from the current 25% tariff. Polysilicon is a type of silicon used to make solar panels, and wafers are the […]