President Biden says he's commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. That gives him the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations issued.

On Inauguration Day, President Joe Biden pardoned several members of his family and commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier. President Biden issued pardons to James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens,

January 20, 2025. U.S. President Joe Biden issued pre-emptive pardons on Monday (January 20) for people Republican su

Just minutes before he left office, Joe Biden announced a set of sweeping pre-emptive pardons for members of his family, including his two brothers and his sister, after some on the right suggested they should face prosecution.

Without naming Trump or the incoming administration, Biden said in a statement that he believes in the rule of law but warned about the threat of partisan politics and pointed to possible retribution as the main concern behind his decision to grant the preemptive pardons.

Now-former President Joe Biden used his final hours in office to issue several pardons, in what is being called an extraordinary use of presidential power. Among those pardoned were Biden's family members and their spouses.