Among those pardoned were Biden's siblings and their spouses In the waning moments of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for his loved ones. “My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats,

In his last day as president, Joe Biden pardoned five members of his extended family, including his two brothers, James Biden and Francis Biden, and his sister Valerie Biden Owens. He also issued pardons to former White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci, who helped coordinate the nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The end of Joe Biden’s presidency on Monday was extraordinary in many ways. Among them, nothing was more extraordinary than his use of the president’s power to grant pardons and reprieves. Most of the clemencies Biden had granted to that point were standard in their form,