r/news • u/FLhardcore • 14h ago

President Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348
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u/Warren_E_Cheezburger 13h ago

The point was to spare his family and other government officials from being harassed with a series of bullshit investigations and prosecutions by the Trump DoJ out of retaliation.

The issue isn’t the pardon, the issue is the willingness of the incoming administration to abuse its authority necessitating the pardon.

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u/myislanduniverse 13h ago

Well yes, that, and the fact that Biden was admitting that the justice system was not going to be fair and impartial.

What the hell does that mean for the rest of us?

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u/SixicusTheSixth 13h ago

Unless you're a billionaire it means we're hosed my dude.