President Joe Biden announced Tuesday the first use of his presidential powers to grant clemency, pardoning three felons and commuting the sentences of dozens more.
The U.S. Constitution grants presidents the power to forgive convictions or shorten sentences.
Biden is pardoning former Secret Service Agent Abraham Bolden, 86.
Bolden became the first black man to ever guard a U.S. president when John F. Kennedy appointed him to the Secret Service in 1961.
Bolden was charged with bribery for attempting to sell a copy of a Secret Service file in 1964. While he has maintained his innocence, Bolden was convicted and sentenced to six years in federal prison. He ultimately served more than three years with two-and-a-half years of probation.
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