Taking over the reins of government at a time of extreme partisanship and violence and with a pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans, Joe Biden was sworn in as president at 11:49 a.m. outside the U.S. Capitol, formally ending Donald Trump s single term and becoming the nation s 46th chief executive.His swearing in came in a historic ceremony just two weeks after a pro-Trump mob, some of whom were armed, stormed the Capitol near the spot where Supreme Court Chief Justice John
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President Donald Trump speaks before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland Wednesday. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press)
President Donald Trump issued a flurry of pardons and commuted sentences in the final hours of his presidency, including Drew Bo Brownstein, who was sentenced in 2012 to a year in prison for insider trading.
In a briefing, the White House said Brownstein was described by his sentencing judge as someone who goes out of his way to help people that are less fortunate.
Brownstein has paid his fines and forfeitures in full, the briefing says.
DETROIT — President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has served about seven years of a 28-year sentence for corruption.The announcement Wednesday was part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of Trump s White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of Trump and his family.A White House statement said that prominent members of the Detroit
Pardons granted at the tail end of a presidential administration are common. But President Donald Trump is drawing attention for the pardon of political allies, including Steve Bannon, who is yet to be convicted. The pardon nullifies Mr. Bannon’s ongoing prosecution.