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Biden pardons family members in final minutes in office

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Outgoing President Joe Biden pardoned five family members in his final minutes in office on Monday.

Biden granted pardons to his brother, James B. Biden; James’ wife, Sara Jones Biden; his sister, Valerie Biden Owens; Valerie’s husband, John T. Owens; and his other brother, Francis W. Biden.

"My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me – the worst kind of partisan politics," Biden said of the preemptive pardons. “Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end."

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