Biden to pardon three felons, commute sentences of 75 others, in first grants of clemency

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President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term, providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent convicted of bribery for trying to sell a copy of an agency file and to two people who were convicted on drug-related charges but went on to become pillars in their communities.

Published 9 months ago · Washington, United States

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