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Robert Namer
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January 21, 2025

     With just moments left before he left office, President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison.  Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for three of his siblings and two of their spouses, citing concerns that they will be targeted by “baseless and politically motivated investigations.”

     The White House announced the pardons just minutes before President-elect Donald Trump entered the Capitol Rotunda to be sworn in as the next commander in chief.

     Earlier Monday, Biden preemptively pardoned a number of other figures — including Dr. Anthony FauciGen. Mark Milley and members of Congress who investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot — on similar grounds.  Biden’s final batch of pardons included his brother, James Biden; James’ wife, Sara Jones Biden; his younger sister, Valerie Biden Owens; Owens’ husband, John Owens; and his other brother, Francis Biden.  

     “The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that they engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense,” Biden said in a statement.  Never have pardons of this nature ever given - they were considered Guilty in the eyes of almost all.

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