Joe Biden has wrapped up a more than 50-year political career. But he also promised that “we’re not leaving the fight,” as he bid farewell to the presidency and flew to California with his family to ease back into private life.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has entered the Treasure State in an ongoing flag war between supporters of President-elect Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden, who for ordered the United States flag at half-staff on Monday, Inauguration Day.
It was just moments before Joe Biden's presidential term ended when he announced pardons for his siblings and their spouses.
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte recently criticized President Joe Biden and the United States Fish and Wildlife Services for rejecting years-old petitions from the state to remove the grizzly bear from the list of endangered and threatened species.
A new Gallup survey found over half, 54%, believe Biden will be remembered as a “below average” (17%) or “poor” (37%) president. Just 19% think he’ll be remembered as an “outstanding” (6%) or “above average” (13%) president.
Right-wing pundits and politicians are already insisting the pardons prove some nefarious “Deep State” plot is afoot.
Joe Biden pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Separately, Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier.
In his head-snapping final hours, Biden hewed to tradition and ceremony while issuing dire warnings about his successor’s tactics
Now-former President Joe Biden used the final minutes of his presidency to issue sweeping pardons protecting his family from any future prosecution.
The commutation will allow Peltier, who has long maintained his innocence in the killing of two FBI agents, to spend his remaining days in home confinement.
President Joe Biden has commuted the sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is serving life in prison.
Joe Biden’s imprint on the federal judiciary goes far beyond his naming of the first Black woman justice to the Supreme Court.