Joe Biden Pardons More Family Members in Final Act on His Way Out

Outgoing President Joe Biden had one remaining act up his sleeve Monday morning, issuing a remaining spherical of pardons … for extra members of the family.

Simply minutes earlier than President-elect Donald Trump was sworn in because the forty seventh President of america, the White Home issued a statement declaring the pardons of Biden’s two brothers, his sister and different members of the family — to guard them from politically motivated prosecutions after he leaves workplace, the assertion mentioned.

JB caught fairly a little bit of flak for pardoning his son Hunter Biden just a few weeks in the past, on gun possession and tax fees, stating an identical motivation — that his son was being unfairly focused because of his father’s political standing.

In Monday’s last-minute pardon, he prolonged the safety to his brother James Biden, James’ spouse Sarah Biden, Joe’s sister Valerie Biden Owens, her husband John T. Owens and Joe’s youthful brother Francis W. Biden.

The White Home assertion reads … “My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me—the worst kind of partisan politics.  Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end.”

In the identical order, Biden additionally commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier to serve residence confinement, and pardoned two different males.