FBI Director nominee Kash Patel decried Biden’s inexcusable act of callous imperiousness, “Biden has repeatedly failed to support the men and women of law enforcement, and this disgraceful action is the final insult to their service and sacrifice…Leonard Peltier is the epitome of evil and should have died in prison for his heinous crimes."

President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist convicted of killing two FBI agents nearly 50 years ago in South Dakota. Biden’s order as he leaves office is to take effect Feb.

According to the FBI, in 1975, agents Ron Williams and Jack Coler were attempting to arrest a robbery suspect on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. The agents pursued a vehicle, with Peltier among the people inside. A fatal shootout ensued ...