Biden Pardons Ex-Secret Service Agent, 2 Convicted in Drug Cases
- President will announce new program to help inmates get jobs
- Critics cite Biden’s Senate anti-crime bills in mass arrests
Photographer: Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden will issue his first round of presidential pardons and commutations on Tuesday, offering clemency to 77 nonviolent drug offenders and a former Secret Service agent who said he was singled out for prosecution after exposing racism in the agency.
The president will also announce a new program designed to give training to inmates to get and keep jobs after they leave federal custody.