Biden infuriates locals with clemency for fraudster who stole $53 million from her small city
Two weeks after granting a “full and unconditional” pardon to felon Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden has issued 39 pardons and grants to people released from prison and placed on home arrest during the pandemic. He granted amnesty consisting of 1,499 commutations of sentences. Among those whose sentences were commuted was disgraced former Dixon, Illinois […]
Biden clemency announcement gets mixed reviews on Capitol Hill: ‘Where’s the bar?’
Although some Republicans are dissatisfied with President Biden's largest amnesty package in a single day, many Democrats are hopeful that it will be expanded. “At this point, I'm not surprised anymore,” said Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Florida. “I think I'm still trying to get over that after Hunter Biden promised America he wouldn't do that.” […]
Biden Pardons 39, Commutes 1,500 Sentences As His Term Comes To An End: ‘Largest Single-Day Act Of Clemency’
US President Joe Biden raises his fist as he leaves his first White House meeting. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) OAN Staff Brooke Mallory5:21 PM – Thursday, December 12, 2024 By pardoning 39 Americans convicted of crimes and commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 others, President Joe Biden has executed the largest presidential pardon in […]
Biden’s full list of clemency and commutation recipients revealed
The White House on Thursday released a list of 39 names President Joe Biden has pardoned, as well as a list of about 1,500 people whose sentences have been commuted. Biden's action sets a record for single-day pardons under previous presidents, and comes after Biden pardoned his son Hunter earlier this month. Following his son's […]
Biden issues largest act of clemency in modern history
President Joe Biden plans to commute the sentences of 1,500 Americans who were released from prison and placed on house arrest during the pandemic and pardon 39 people convicted of nonviolent crimes. According to in a White House press release on Thursday. This would be the largest one-day act of amnesty in modern history. Just […]
Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of about 1,500 people released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and pardon 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. This is the largest one-day act of amnesty in modern history. The sentence reductions announced Thursday are for people who have served a sentence […]
January 6 clemency can’t undo years of trauma
“Your life is going to be great. Theirs is going to be great, I promise.” This is a message to the children of some of the January 6 defendants who are languishing in prison. Those were the words of Donald Trump. As we anticipate January 20th, which will mean mandatory pardons and possible pardons for […]
President Biden, don’t break your promise to go big on clemency
President Biden has made several promises regarding pardons. he broke one of those promises pardon Her son Hunter Biden claimed he was wrongly prosecuted. he also swore exercise his generous powers widely Address mass incarceration and correct harsh and unjust sentences. So far, that promise has not been fulfilled. Biden has granted fewer pardons than […]
Dems renew push for limiting presidential clemency powers after Hunter Biden pardon
Several House Democrats are renewing their calls for more guardrails on the executive branch's pardon power after President Biden granted a sweeping pardon to his son Hunter. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), who introduced a constitutional amendment limiting the president's pardon power during several congressional terms, defended Biden's decision, but critics of the decision said Biden […]
Pressley: Biden 'must act' on clemency before leaving office
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is renewing her call for President Biden to pardon thousands of Americans serving federal sentences following bombshell comments against her son Hunter Biden. . Pressley said in a statement Monday: “Today, I want to speak to the hundreds of thousands of people who pose no threat to society but whose lives […]