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Biden pardons members of his own family including brother Jim just as Trump is sworn in

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Valerie Biden Owens, sister of President Joe Biden, and James Biden, brother of President Joe Biden, in Wilmington, Delaware, in June 2024.

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 issued as Biden and Trump stood in the Capitol rotunda, waiting for the president-elect to take the oath of office.

Biden granted preemptive pardons to James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens and Francis W. Biden.

‘The granting of these pardons should not be confused with an acknowledgment that they participated in any crime, nor should the acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any crime,’ Biden said in his final act as president.

His brother James Biden had been dragged into Joe Biden’s impeachment inquiry by House Republicans, which ultimately went nowhere.

However, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer had called on Trump’s Justice Department to investigate and prosecute James. for allegedly making false statements to Congress.

Valerie Biden Owens, sister of President Joe Biden, and James Biden, brother of President Joe Biden, in Wilmington, Delaware, in June 2024.

In his final act as president, Joe Biden pardoned several members of his family as Donald Trump prepared to take the oath of office.

In his final act as president, Joe Biden pardoned several members of his family as Donald Trump prepared to take the oath of office.

Biden also pardoned James’ wife, Sara, his sister Valerie, her husband John and his younger brother, Francis Biden.

The pardons were broad, covering all of his “non-violent” actions dating back to 2014.

Biden said his family was subjected to relentless attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to harm me — the worst kind of partisan politics.

“Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe that these attacks will end,” he said.

Comer said the pardons prove the family is corrupt.

‘President Biden’s preemptive pardons for the Biden crime family serve as a confession of his corruption in selling out the American people to enrich himself. “Our investigation revealed that at least ten members of the Biden crime family and their associates raised more than $30 million by selling Joe Biden’s influence to corrupt foreign entities and individuals in China, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Kazakhstan,” he said in a statement. statement.

‘President Biden abused his public office to create a slush fund for his family. “President Biden will go down in history as the most corrupt president in American history and our investigation will be remembered as one of the most successful ever conducted by Congress.”

In December, Biden pardoned his son Hunter after promising not to. Hunter was facing sentencing in two criminal cases late last year.

The only family members missing from Monday’s list were his wife Jill and daughter Ashley.

Earlier Monday, Biden issued preemptive pardons from Gen. Mike Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Rep. Liz Cheney and other lawmakers who investigated the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

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