Hunter Biden received a “full and unconditional” pardon from his dad, President Joe Biden in December. But this gesture of love, one of President Joe Biden’s final acts while in office, came before Special Counsel Davis Weiss released the final report on his investigation into the president’s son.
The timing of the clemency actions, should Biden decide to grant them, is likely to be during his final hours in office and could include pre-emptive pardons, sources told NBC News.
Biden leaves behind a complicated legacy of legislative wins and economic gains, along with a trail of fractured relationships and grievances within his own party.
President Joe Biden, in one of his final acts in the White House, announced a new wave of clemency decisions Friday, commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer and a pair of IRS whistleblowers slammed Special Counsel David Weiss' final report on first son Hunter Biden as incomplete.
Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, setting a presidential record.
With his presidency nearly over, Joe Biden is considering preemptive pardons for people Donald Trump has criticized or threatened.
"With this action, I have now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history," President Joe Biden wrote in his announcement Friday.
President Joe Biden exits the White House with a record of accomplishment but also lingering resentment toward some onetime allies who pushed him from the race. And he’ll depart amid a strained relationship with his No.
A new report painted a dark picture of President Biden's legacy and reported on lingering resentment he feels toward Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
President Biden said the 2,500 sentences for nonviolent drug offenses were "disproportionately long" compared to modern-day sentences.