Senior Department of Justice officials were left befuddled by the sweeping pardons then-President Biden approved for thousands of convict days before leaving office — and rebuked the White House for falsely labeling the clemency recipients “nonviolent” offenders.
Biden DOJ ripped White House over clemency grant to ‘non-violent offenders’: ‘Stop saying that because it is untrue’
Politics
August 19, 2025
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