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CatholicVote: Speaker Johnson: House to Probe Controversial Biden Pardons – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

CatholicVote: Speaker Johnson: House to Probe Controversial Biden Pardons

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By CatholicVote, Jan. 23, 2025

CV NEWS FEED // House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, told reporters Wednesday that the Republican-controlled chamber will investigate a series of controversial pre-emptive pardons former President Joe Biden made just hours before President Donald Trump took office.

“There’s a lot of attention that’s going to be paid to this and I think that is appropriate and we will be looking at it as well,” Johnson stated.

He called Biden’s pardons “shocking” and “breathtaking.” He specifically singled out the former president’s decision to pardon his three siblings and two of their spouses.

In addition to his five family members, Biden pardoned his former Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, the seven members of the now-disbanded House Jan. 6th Committee. …

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