One of Joe Biden’s last acts as an elected official was the pardoning of convicted Democrat politician Jesse Jackson Jr. Joe Biden’s last official act as an elected official for over 50 years, was to pardon criminals. He pardoned people all throughout his presidency and before he left office. In 2025, before Joe Biden left office he pardoned a total of 80 people. President Biden added to his record for the most pardons and sentence commutations in a single presidential term.
Joe Biden pardoned relatives and potential GOP political targets, moments before leaving office. He pardoned his brothers, James and Francis Biden, his sister, Valerie Biden, and their spouses. Between 2021 to 2025, President Biden pardoned 80 people plus gave clemency to 4,245 criminals serving their time. He also gave a record number of Commutations, at 4,165. The commutations from President Biden are people who have endured punishments for their loved ones that far exceed their utility.
The Biden pardons have drawn sharp criticism from Republicans. Specifically, the preemptive grants of clemency to former White House COVID-19 adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Wyoming GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and several members of the House Jan. 6 committee. GOP lawmakers and Trump allies have railed against the moves as excessive and self-serving. Some accuse Biden of using the pardon power to protect political allies. They suggest it acts as a form of immunity from future investigations. One of the most under talked about pardons was Jesse Jackson Jr.
Rev. Jackson asked Biden to pardon his son, Jesse Jackson Jr. In a heartfelt appeal, Rev. Jackson highlighted the importance of second chances. He says this is a value President Biden has demonstrated through his recent pardon of his own son, Hunter Biden. Jesse Jackson Jr, son of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr, served in Congress for 17 years until he resigned in 2012 amid a criminal investigation. Jackson Jr was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud his reelection campaign of $750,000 over a span of 10 years.
Jackson Jr talked about his crimes and how he feels about the pardon. “When I was elected in 1995, I had a big name, but I had no money. I did not realize quite the gravity of what it meant to live in Chicago and live in Washington. So, to the tune of about $75,000 a year, I lived in my campaign. $75,000 a year to live in two cities. Chicago and Washington, to go to work every day, to not miss a vote in nearly 17 years as a congressman. Yes, I lived in my campaign fund, and I owned my behavior for that.”
He continues to say, “lots of members of Congress find themselves in a similar situation. Some of them live in their offices. Some of them live literally in their cars because they live in Maryland or they live in Virginia. But imagine the congressperson from Ohio or the congressperson from California, the congresspeople from Hawaii, is very expensive territories.”
Biden pardoned his son Hunter on Dec. 1. “My family has 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,” Biden said in a statement. Hunter Biden was convicted of three gun-related felonies over the summer.
Outgoing acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin said Tuesday the Department of Justice is reviewing several of former President Joe Biden’s final-hour pardons, vowing that his new office will scrutinize whether clemency was used “correctly” or politically.
Biden issued blanket pardons for certain marijuana offenses in 2022 and 2023. These moves affected thousands of people convicted on drug-related charges. Outside of that, he has been sparing in his use of the constitutional power to grant pardons. The Justice Department lists 80 people who were pardoned by Biden since he took office in January 2021. Are the pardons of Joe Biden setting up the Democrat ticket in 2028?
Could Jesse Jackson Jr be running for political office? Will he become the new Obama face for the Democrat party? Will he be elected as mayor of Chicago or as the governor of Illinois in 2026, to set up the 2028 run? Why might you ask? Nine Chicago-area mayors sent a letter to President Joe Biden, seeking a pardon for former Rep. Jackson Jr.
The push for pardon comes the day after Biden’s son, Hunter, pleaded guilty to federal tax charges. The younger Biden was convicted on three counts related to his illegal purchase of a handgun. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters numerous times. She emphasized that the president remains committed to his promise not to pardon his son. Did Joe Biden lie?
The Democrat party is breaking apart like the Titanic. The once beautiful big party has hit an iceberg. The name of the iceberg is MAGA, and the ship is breaking apart. Joe Biden will rally the old generation and put his son Hunter and Jesse Jackson Jr on the ballot. The Democrats just went through two presidential cycles with no accountability. One campaign was run from the basement and the other campaign raised more than any candidate before.
The basement campaign lied about Joe’s ability to lead and last four years. We had a dementia ghost as a president for four years. Then Kamala Harris runs the next campaign and tries to buy her way into office. Both campaigns were selling a false narrative and were pushing an inferior product onto Americans. The Biden / Harris administration has made some weird and horrible moves for America. The pardons only show the truth that the Democrats tried to hide. The truth was information.
Some of the crimes Joe Biden pardoned sound like the crimes his son Hunter and Jesse Jackson Jr have committed. The list of crimes being pardoned is absorbed. Is Donald Trump the only one in America that pays for his crimes? The Democrats let Joe Biden pardon criminals. Here are some crimes that were pardoned. From petty drug charges to international espionage, Biden pardons them all. The thousands pardoned on were “serving disproportionately long sentences compared to the sentences they would receive today,” Biden said.
Conspiracy to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal; acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign principal. Biden pardoned.
Conspiracy to unlawfully export goods to Iran via the United Arab Emirates, and to defraud the United States; unlawful exports and attempted unlawful export of goods to Iran via the United Arab Emirates (two counts); failure to file electronic export information; international money laundering (six counts). Biden pardoned.
Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances; possession with intent to distribute cocaine base (two counts); possession with intent to distribute, and distribution of, methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine/cocaine hydrochloride; distribution of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a school (three counts); establishing a place for the manufacture and distribution of a controlled substance (two counts). Biden pardoned.
Possession with intent to distribute 736.9 grams of crack cocaine. Biden pardoned.
Second degree murder while armed. Biden pardoned.
Conspiracy to unlawfully export technology to Iran and to defraud the United States; unlawful export of technology to Iran (seven counts). Biden pardoned.
Conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act; smuggling goods into the United States. Biden pardoned.
Hunter Biden got the best pardon deal of all. Even after President Biden and his staff told us that he would not pardon Hunter. He gave him a pardon anyway. Biden pardoned.
For those offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024, including but not limited to all offenses charged or prosecuted (including any that have resulted in convictions).
These are the types of crimes that Joe Biden has pardoned. If Joe Biden was having memory problems and trouble with leaders and politician’s names. Who really pardoned these crimes? Were these criminals’ part of a Classic Biden Family Pay to Play scandal. The release of these criminals, the pardon of these crimes, the open borders and the defund the police movement. Every Democrat voted for these tactics to Destroy America. Joe Biden disgraced the presidency of the United States because the Democrats enabled him. Another Biden Family tradition.