Joe Biden’s last executive act was to pardon five of his loved ones mere minutes before Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony commenced on Monday.
The pardons, issued while all eyes were on Trump and those arriving for his big day, are for James B. Biden; his brother who is accused of making false statements to Congress; Sara Jones Biden, his sister-in-law; Valerie Biden Owens; his younger sister; John T. Owens; his brother-in-law; and Francis W. Biden, his brother.
Biden, 82, said he made the decision because he fears political “attacks” against him and his loved ones will not end after he bows out of office.
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Biden said his pardon should not be “mistaken as an acknowledgement” that his siblings and their spouses “engaged in any wrongdoing.”
James, 75, is the Biden sibling most likely at risk of criminal prosecution from the Trump administration. He has been accused of lying to Congress to protect his elder brother during the failed impeachment inquiry into him.
The Daily Beast
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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