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Watch Live: White House Holds Press Briefing After Biden's Sweeping Act Of Clemency
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will brief reporters Thursday afternoon, hours after President Biden issued the largest act of clemency in a single day in modern history. Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and issued 39 pardons, with a focus on those who were under home confinement during the COVID-19 pandemic, according...
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