President Joe Biden will commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders whose sentences were longer than they’d receive under current standards, the White House said in a statement on Friday.

Official White House photographers share exclusive images with PEOPLE, capturing memories from Joe Biden's time as president of the United States

That move spawned a federal investigation into whether Biden had knowingly broken the law and a damaging Justice Department report that referred to Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” igniting public concerns over his mental acuity that eventually led Biden to drop out of the race.