With his presidency nearly over, Joe Biden is considering preemptive pardons for people Donald Trump has criticized or threatened.

President Biden entered office alongside a hopeful media, but as four years passed, members of the press were quick to point out that Donald Trump's return would be his legacy.

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The special counsel who brought criminal charges against Hunter Biden says the probes were “the culmination of thorough, impartial investigations, not partisan politics.”

Hunter Biden was convicted on federal gun charges at a jury trial and pleaded guilty to federal tax charges before being pardoned by his father in December.

US President Joe Biden has said he thinks he would have defeated Donald Trump and won re-election in November. Speaking to USA Today in an exclusive interview, Biden did however add that he was unsure if he would have had the stamina to carry out another four-year term.

Special counsel David Weiss, who spent six years investigating Hunter Biden before his father pardoned him last month, blasted President Joe Biden in his final report, which was transmitted Monday to Congress.

With Donald Trump returning to the White House, Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the Justice Department urged its ongoing independence.

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen discussed how he has requested a presidential pardon from President Biden before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Where he failed President Joe Biden succeeded, securing not just $1.2trn but the very sorts of “Buy American” requirements Mr Trump envisioned. But as Mr Biden lamented recently to USA Today, he never got much credit for the law because “It didn’t have any immediate impact on people’s lives.

The pardon comes weeks before President Biden leaves office and transfers power to President-elect Donald J. Trump, who spent years attacking Hunter Biden over his legal and personal issues.

The timing of the clemency actions, should Biden decide to grant them, is likely to be during his final hours in office and could include pre-emptive pardons, sources told NBC News.