Washington:
Outgoing US President Joe Biden on Monday granted a last-minute preventive pardon to a number of his close relatives.
In a statement issued just minutes before he was set to leave office, Biden announced preemptive pardons for his brother James Biden, James' wife Sara Jones Biden, his sister Valerie Biden Owens, Valerie's husband John Owens and his brother Francis Biden .
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