Biden preemptively pardons family members and Trump foes
President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."
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President Biden noted that the "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing."
Meanwhile, before he left office, former President Biden issued some pardons of his own. CBS News New York's Alice Gainer reports,
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