Joe Biden pardoned his siblings and their spouses on his way out of the White House, saying Monday that his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me – the worst kind of partisan politics”.
“Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end”, he claimed as his presidential term was ending.
Last month, he pardoned his son Hunter for tax and gun crimes, despite his previous pledges not to do so. Then he issued blanket pardons for his brother James and his wife, Sara; his sister, Valerie, and her husband, John Owens; and his brother Francis. Biden also pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired General Mark Milley, members of the House committee that investigated the January 06 attack on the Capitol and allies who have been supposedly targeted by President Donald Trump who was sworn in Monday.
This was a remarkable use of Biden’s presidential power: None of the above has been charged with any crime, and the move was said to guard against possible retribution by Trump. 😮😮😮😮
In the Round of 16 at the Indonesian Masters today, Malaysian women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-Thinaah Muralitharan needed just 34 minutes to secure a straight-set victory, 21-19, 21-16, against Chinese Taipei pair Hu Ling Fang-Jheng Yu Chieh, to advance to the quarter-finals.
As the second-highest seeded pair in this year's tournament, they harbor strong hopes of advancing further. Their path to the next round will likely involve a rematch against Japanese Yuki Fukushima-Mayu Matsumoto, the Malaysia Open champions.
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