On the final day of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to close family members and adversaries of President Donald Trump, offering them a legal shield against "politically motivated prosecutions." Online posts claiming that a federal judge ruled the pardons to be "unconstitutional" are false and stem from a satirical account.
“Breaking News, News Update, BIDEN PARDONS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL!” reads text in the image. “7th Circuit Judge Joseph Barron ruled that there is no provision to pardon someone who hasn’t ...
Posts saying that a Judge Joseph Barron on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled pardons granted by former U.S. President Joe Biden on the last day of his presidency to ...
Pardons Granted by President Joseph Biden (2021-2025) Share. Facebook; X; LinkedIn; Email; ... Robert Hunter Biden: N/A: For those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014 through December 1, 2024, including but not limited to all offenses charged or ...
USA Today asserted that there is no such judge by that name on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and also no court ruling exists regarding the constitutionality of the preemptive pardons by former US President Joe Biden. The pardons were actually issued to eventually protect individuals who might face legal repercussions under the US President ...
Professor Jill Hasday, Distinguished McKnight University Professor and Centennial Professor in Law, was quoted in Reuters Fact Check about former President Joe Biden’s pardons to individuals who have had no formal charges brought against them. Some social media posts following the pardons said that a Judge Joseph Barron on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled the ...
Among the flurry of last-minute pardons issued by Joe Biden in the final moments of his presidency Monday, a group of names was conspicuously absent: prosecutors and judges who have sought to ...
Joe Biden’s pardon list: Here are the stories of the people pardoned including a nonprofit leader, a social worker, and a former judge was first posted on December 16, 2024 at 11:54 am. ©2024 ...
Margaret Love, who served in the Justice Department as the US pardon attorney from 1990 to 1997, said the fallout from Biden’s latest commutations was a consequence of how the prison population ...
The judge raised concerns about the language in the pardon, which covers offenses Hunter Biden "has committed or may have committed or taken part in" between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024.
Ahead of his departure, Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and the House committee that investigated Jan. 6, according to The Associated Press.Biden also pardoned members of his family before leaving office, The New York Times reported. The Facebook post claims the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals purportedly ruled that 84 of Biden’s last-minute pardons are “unconstitutional.”
FILE-President Joe Biden speaks to the media following the Supreme Court's ruling on charges against former President Donald Trump that he sought to subvert the 2020 election, at the White House ...
Two days before President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office, President Joe Biden announced he is commuting nearly 2,500 sentences, setting a record for the most pardons and commutations ...
President Joe Biden this week granted clemency to the former Pennsylvania judge, Michael Conahan, as part of a mass commutation covering nearly 1,500 people who had been released on home ...
On the final day of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to close family members and adversaries of President Donald Trump, offering them a legal shield against "politically motivated prosecutions." Online posts claiming that a federal judge ruled the pardons to be "unconstitutional" are false and stem from a satirical account.
Biden issued preemptive pardons for Milley, Cheney, Schiff and Fauci, but claims that a Judge Joseph Barron ruled them unconstitutional originated on a self-described satire page. Sign up for ...
An Arizona man is seeking clemency from President Joe Biden. Joseph Fuentes, 48, has applied for a commutation of his sentence with the support of the Arizona Justice Project.
Bill Clinton pardoned his brother and most notoriously the financier Marc Rich after being lobbied by his ex-wife, a major Democratic donor. Since taking office Jan. 20, Trump has granted pardons or commutations to about 1,600 people, more than six times the total for his entire first term, but well behind Biden’s 4,245 over four years.