Speculation is mounting about who President Joe Biden might choose to pardon in his final weeks in the White House. Potential recipients include Julian Assange and Hunter Biden, although the White House denies Hunter will receive a pardon. Presidents can directly grant pardons for any federal crime, receiving recommendations from a pardon attorney.
Speculation is mounting about who President Joe Biden might choose to pardon in his final weeks in the White House.Joe Biden's son Hunter has also been floated as a possible recipient of a pardon, but the White House insists his father won't grant him clemency.With only weeks left for Joe Biden to exercise his presidential powers, supporters of Julian Assange, both in Australia and the United States, are ratcheting up appeals for a pardon for the WikiLeaks founder.
But as his time in public life draws to a close, speculation is mounting about who he might pardon in the coming weeks. Kim Kardashian visited Donald Trump in the White House in 2020 to advocate for the release of Alice Johnson.Barack Obama keenly embraced the power as well, issuing more than 1,700 commutations and more than 200 pardons in his eight years in office — many granted to people who had received mandatory sentences for drugs charges.
Mr Ford's approval rating dropped dramatically and he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter at the presidential election two years later. Bill Clinton came under fire for pardoning members of a Puerto Rican paramilitary organisation, as well as Marc Rich, a fugitive who made substantial donations to his wife Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign.
A 2019 indictment asserted that Assange's actions risked serious harm to the national security of the United States, to the benefit of its adversaries, and put named human sources at grave risk. Two US congressmen from both sides of the aisle — Democrat Jim McGovern and Republican Thomas Massie — have also written a letter to the president urging him to consider a pardon.Photo shows Younger Julian sat in front of microphones with a banner reading Human Rights in front of him
"We therefore urge you to consider issuing a pardon for Mr Assange," they wrote in the letter, sent at the start of the month but only made public this week. Assange's supporters visited Canberra this week to meet with federal parliamentarians and highlight their campaign to secure a full pardon. Hunter Biden has been open about his descent into drug addiction and alcoholism at the time of both offences.Photo shows Joe Biden stands behind Hunter Biden, who is pointing at something. A black car is in the background.
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