On Sunday, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) said he did not think the preemptive pardons that President Joe Biden issued to members of his family in the final moments of his administration would “hold up in court.”
Just minutes before Donald Trump was sworn into office for a second presidential term last week, Biden announced pardons for his brother, James B. Biden; James Biden’s wife, Sara Jones Biden; his sister, Valerie Biden Owens; Valerie Owens’ husband, John T. Owens; and his brother, Francis W. Biden, citing the prospect of “politically motivated investigations.” Biden previously had pardoned his son, Hunter, who had been convicted of tax evasion and gun crimes.
Comer, who led a corruption-focused impeachment investigation into Biden and wrote a book about his inquiry, said the preemptive pardons were an “admission of guilt” and then suggested to Fox…
