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Biden Disregards Crime in Last Days of Office

Sekulow

Jay Sekulow

Government, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

President Joe Biden shockingly commuted the death sentences of 37 of the 40 convicted felons on federal death row. These prisoners will now serve life sentences without the chance for parole. The Sekulow team discusses the strong backlash to Biden's death row pardons, a potential fight on Capitol Hill to stop President Donald Trump from entering the White House, a recent ACLJ victory – and much more.

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0:00.0

Today on Seculo, Biden disregards crime during his last days in office.

0:06.5

Keeping you informed and engaged. Now more than ever. This is Seculo.

0:14.7

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0:24.3

And now your host.

0:26.6

Welcome to Seculo, and we hope you all had a Merry Christmas, a time to celebrate the birth of Christ with your family and your church and those that you love.

0:37.3

And we are talking about today on this day after

0:40.2

Christmas, something that may have happened under the radar for you as you celebrate the holidays.

0:47.2

I know many of us don't like to get too bogged down in the news over the Christmas holiday.

0:53.5

But President Biden issued a commutation as he's been, you know, building up these numbers

1:00.5

of commutations and pardons across the last few weeks, which is normal at the end of a presidency

1:05.8

when the president exercises the pardon power and commutation power that he has.

1:11.4

But this one was a little bit of a head scratcher for many.

1:14.9

And this was a statement from President Joe Biden on federal death row commutations.

1:20.3

This came on December 23rd, a time when many people are traveling,

1:24.6

already spending time with family,

1:26.6

getting ready for Christmas Eve services,

1:29.1

wrapping presents, and the like. And what President Biden did here was he commuted the sentences

1:37.0

of 37 of the 40 individuals on federal death row. Now, he's not releasing them from prison. They're not being

1:45.2

pardoned, but it's a commutation from a death penalty conviction down to life sentences

1:52.2

without the possibility of parole. And at this time, as his legacy is being cemented,

2:00.2

as his time in office is coming to an end, it still seems like

2:05.6

the president is playing politics with his pardon power and with his executive powers.

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