“If you want to know who the most crooked people in Washington are, Biden just put out a list,” Media Research Center (MRC) President Brent Bozell said Monday, following President Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons of a slew of controversial figures before leaving the White House.
On Monday, Biden’s pardons included:
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, who made dubious claims regarding COVID, its origin, vaccines, and preventative measures.
- General Mark Milley, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Trump's first presidency and claimed Trump is a fascist and a "wannabe dictator."
- Unnamed people associated with the House select committee investigation into unfounded claims of President Trump’s responsibility for the January 6 Capitol riots.
Prominent members of the select House committee investigating January 6 that sought to find Trump guilty of crime included Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Vice Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).
The committee’s tactics were one-sided and denied Trump virtually any opportunity to refute charges or present a defense. Additionally, Republicans were not allowed to choose their own minority members of the committee.
Biden also pardoned several family members on Monday, including:
- Brother James Biden.
- Sister-in-law Sara (James’ wife).
- Sister Valerie Biden Owens.
- Brother-in-law John Owens (Valerie’s husband).
- Brother Francis Biden.
Last month, Biden pardoned his son Hunter, who had faced tax and gun charges, and who was also under suspicion of influence-peddling during his father’s term as vice president – after repeatedly insisting he would not pardon him.
“As President, I have used my clemency power to make that promise a reality by issuing more individual pardons and commutations than any other President in U.S. history," then-President Biden boasted Monday.