Biden Defends Clemency Decisions
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Former President Joe Biden has acknowledged that he didn’t agree to the name of every person who received one of the 46th president’s sweeping pardons, according to reports.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), the chairman of a Senate investigative subcommittee, will seek thousands of emails sent in the final days of the Biden administration.
Abdelfattah Mehdi, brother of the deceased Talal Abdo Mehdi, remains resolute in his stand that no pardon should be granted. "It's a crime, and Nimisha Priya must be executed," he stated firmly. He also condemned Indian media for allegedly misrepresenting the case, accusing them of trying to paint the convicted murderer as a victim.
Abdelfattah Mehdi, brother of a Yemeni man allegedly murdered by Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, insists on execution as punishment and criticizes Indian media portrayal.
Former President Biden says he consciously decided to issue the pardon. But emails obtained by the New York Times show a staffer authorized the use of the autopen for its execution.
Lost in today’s partisan volleys, though, is that a president doesn’t need to sign anything to dole out clemency.
By the end of the eight-hour meeting, the board granted 33 pardons; denied three and commuted one sentence; and denied two commutation requests. Minnesota Reformer is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
The commutations granted by former President Joe Biden have been under scrutiny for being signed by an autopen device in the final hours of his administration. President Donald Trump and his circle claim Biden didn’t approve the pardons and that his aides were the ones pulling the strings.