Former President Joe Biden delivered his farewell speech Monday after the inauguration of 47th President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C.
The new commander-in-chief fired off the “official notice of dismissal” to four Biden appointees in a midnight social media post, bluntly warning that his team were hunting down even more to throw
President Joe Biden announced a series of last-minute pardons before leaving office Monday, granting preemptive pardons to some family members and other GOP foes, as well as a posthumous pardon for Marcus Garvey, the late civil rights leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
With just hours remaining in office, the president issued the pardons to protect people Donald Trump had threatened.
In a series of 11th-hour pardons, Biden set the stage for incoming President Donald Trump to listen to his worst impulses regarding special treatment to his allies and cronies.
A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who attacked the U.S.
Just minutes before leaving office, Joe Biden announced a set of sweeping preemptive pardons to members of his family, including his two brothers and his sister, after some on the right suggested the Biden family should face prosecution.
Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that Congress will “look into” Joe Biden pardoning his family—but said Donald Trump’s clemency for Jan. 6 rioters was about “redemption.” The top House Republican also announced another select committee on January 6,
Joe Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons for several high-profile figures whom Donald Trump has publicly spoken out against ahead of his Inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20
Gen. Mark Milley, the now-retired former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commented on the pardon he received in Biden's final hours in office.
President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons Monday morning to several prominent people potentially targeted by President-elect Donald Trump, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the January 6 committee.