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Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions Recorded With Autopen

Donald J. Trump and his allies have begun investigations to support their claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. was incapacitated and his staff conspired to take presidential actions in his name.

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Toward the end of his term as president, Joseph R. Biden Jr. reduced the sentences of nearly 4,000 federal convicts and pre-emptively pardoned dozens of politically prominent people he saw as potential targets of vindictive criminal investigations by his successor.

Biden’s Former Doctor, Kevin O’Connor, Refuses Questions in GOP Health Inquiry

Kevin O’Connor cited both physician-patient privilege and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in refusing to answer questions from the House Oversight Committee.

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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the White House doctor, in 2022.
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