Joe Biden and Kamala Harris arrive at the Capitol to make history: New president is minutes away from being sworn in as former presidents mount display of unity after Donald Trump snubbing him and flying to Florida
Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States Wednesday and Kamala Harris became the first female, Black and Asian Vice President of the United States
Biden and Harris attended a mass Wednesday morning with leaders from both parties
He was joined by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
President Trump early Wednesday pardoned former Google and Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski, who was indicted in 2019 for stealing trade secrets from Google’s self-driving cars program.
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Although former President Donald Trump issued more than 73 pardons and 70 commutations before his departure from the White House on Wednesday, some popular names were not included on the list.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
CONNECTICUT President Donald Trump issued a flurry of pardons and commuted sentences in the final hours of his presidency Tuesday. Trump granted pardons to 73 people including a Connecticut man and commuted the sentences of another 70 as one of his final acts before leaving office Wednesday.
Notably, he did not pardon himself, members of his family or Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney.
Trump pardoned Glenn Moss, a Connecticut resident who pleaded guilty to tax fraud and other crimes in 1998, according to the Hartford Courant. Federal agents posed as a medical business and Moss paid kickbacks to obtain referrals, according to the Courant, adding he claimed around $2,200 in income in 1992, but in reality earned nearly $500,000.