More than 30 lawmakers press Biden to free activist Leonard Peltier after clemency blitz

Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee, and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), chair of the Senate Indian Affairs Committe, led 33 members of Congress Friday in a letter calling on President Biden to pardon Leonard Peltier — a Native American activist controversially convicted of murdering two FBI agents. The letter...

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