In a statement, Biden said the pardons "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing." President-elect Trump has criticized many officials Biden pardoned.

In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports ...

Video above: Joe Biden bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 recipients Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aroused a standing ovation from the crowd as she received her medal.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton aroused a standing ovation from the crowd as she received her medal. Clinton was accompanied to the event by her husband former President Bill Clinton ...

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