As one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden has pardoned several members of his family.
Biden announced the pardons in a last batch of clemency decisions just before Donald Trump took the oath of office, saying they were intended to prevent “baseless and politically motivated investigations” against his family.
Biden had already issued a sweeping pardon for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing in two criminal cases late last year. The pardons for his other family members were similarly sweeping, covering all of their “nonviolent” actions dating back to 2014.
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