News Brief: President Joe Biden Commutes Sentences for Nearly 1,500 People; Inspector General: FBI Had Informants in Washington on Jan. 6; House Passes $895 Billion Defense Authorization Bill
On December 12, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump rings the opening bell on the New York Stock Exchange trading floor in New York. Greetings and welcome to Friday, December 13, 2024, The Epoch Times News Brief. Here's what's happening, and I'm Bill Thomas. We have some amazing stories to tell you right now.
The U.S. House of Representatives completes a bill that affects our national defense, a federal watchdog publishes its findings about undercover agents at the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, and President Joe Biden clears the record for an incredible number of offenders. A perplexing mystery in the skies over New Jersey is another issue that officials are worried about, and President-elect Donald.
Biden Delivers Sentences for Almost 1,500 Individuals
The president announced yesterday that he was pardoning 39 individuals convicted of drug offenses and other nonviolent crimes. He also commuted almost 1,500 other people's sentences. In total, that was the biggest act of clemency in American history to occur in a single day. According to the president, those whose sentences are being commuted were put under home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic and have since made a full recovery to their families and communities.
America, according to Biden, was founded on the promise of opportunity and second chances. He continued by saying that one of his greatest privileges as president is to show mercy to those who have repented of their deeds and to give them another opportunity to engage in American society.
In addition to pardoning his own son Hunter Biden, who was found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm and pleaded guilty to willfully failing to pay taxes, Biden has previously granted categorical pardons to those convicted of marijuana use or possession.
The president is not finished yet, according to the White House. They claim that more pardons and commutations are on the horizon and that he will take further action to offer meaningful second chances before he leaves office.
Now that we're in Washington, the results of a protracted investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol have been made public by a federal watchdog agency. Here's what we've learned from their shocking conclusions.
Inspector General: On January 6, the FBI had informants in Washington.
According to a report issued yesterday by the Department of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General, the FBI had 26 confidential informants in Washington on the day of the breach at the U.S. Capitol.. Read More
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