President Joe Biden pardoned several members of his family, including his brother and sister, in his final minutes in office.
The announcement came about 15 minutes before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. The statement was sent out as Biden and Trump stood in the Capitol rotunda, waiting for the president-elect to take the oath of office.
Biden issued pre-emptive pardons to James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens, and Francis W. 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 his last act as president.
His brother James Biden had been pulled into House Republicans’ impeachment investigation of Joe Biden, which ultimately went nowhere.
However, House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer had asked Trump’s Justice Department to investigate and prosecute James for allegedly making false statements to Congress.
Pardoned them for what? How does this work? Pardoned for an unidentified crimes? I do believe this to be illegal.