Claim: President Joe Biden granted pardons and commutations to more than 1,500 individuals on Dec. 12. Social media posts wrongly claim those pardoned included a Chinese national, Shanlin Jin, imprisoned for child pornography. Jin was granted clemency as part of a prisoner swap last month that freed three Americans held for years in China.
Fact-check: Posts Wrongly Conflate U.S.-China Prisoner Swap with Biden's Recent Pardons - FactCheck.org
Verdict: president joe biden granted pardons and commutations to more than 1,500 individuals on dec. 12. social media posts wrongly claim those pardoned included a chinese national, shanlin jin, imprisoned for child pornography. jin was granted clemency as part of a prisoner swap last month that freed three americans held for years in china.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Ian Fox
Date published: 2024-12-14T00:47:45