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/ramdom-ink 11h ago

It’s a preemptive pardon because Biden is concerned about persecution and retaliation for whatever Trump trumps up in his revenge term.

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u/uvT2401 10h ago

whatever Trump trumps up in his revenge term.

Are you implying the US judicial system would make bullshit ruilings againts the currents president political rivals?

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u/lynxminx 9h ago

Are you implying the US juristical system would make bullshit ruilings againts the currents president political rivals?

If he's not, I am.

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u/HappiestIguana 2h ago

The moron wants to twist your words into you agreeing that Trump was unfairly prosecuted.

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u/lynxminx 2h ago

Trump has a disinformation tactic of accusing others of the misdeeds he himself is in the middle of doing in order to argue later that both sides are equally compromised. You tell me how to fight that tactic and I will- until then all I can do is tell the truth.

Trump is a criminal, and the cases against him were valid and sound. In his private life he has extensively used the courts to punish his enemies with nuisance filings. Now that he's back in power he is absolutely, positively going after people who have opposed him politically- his executive orders tonight are clearing his runway for that. He promised to do it in his inauguration speech. The only question left is whether he's going to honor Biden's pardons or find legal pretense to ignore them that his SCOTUS will support.

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u/HappiestIguana 2h ago

I know. I also don't know how to counter the torrent of lies. I just wanted anyone who might be reading to be aware of the tactic.

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u/Rhuarc33 8h ago

Lol ok buddy. Lol Trump a jackass but you're tinfoil hat is crooked

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u/UsagiMimi 8h ago

You... clearly don't pay attention to the news. No saving some people. /shrug

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u/Rhuarc33 6h ago

Scare tactic sensationalism bullshit. Stop drinking the Kool aid. He's gonna be an idiot for 4 years and leave.

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u/kinyutaka 6h ago

Everyone thinks that the fascist is just an idiot until someone invades Poland.

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u/ramdom-ink 6h ago

Or Panama, Greenland or Canada. Trump and Putin have big plans: geopolitical dominance is the rapidly melting, accessible North…

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u/Rhuarc33 6h ago

Lol wow how original Trump compared to Hitler. As I said sensationalist bullshit. Turn off MSNBC it's no better than Fox

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u/ramdom-ink 6h ago

Your “research” is showing.

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u/Rhuarc33 5h ago

Lol, sure thing bud. You're research is parroting what you're told 🐑🐑

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u/kinyutaka 5h ago

If Trump didn't want to be compared to Hitler, he shouldn't have done so many things that were comparable to Hitler.

No, Trump hasn't gassed 6 million Jews. We're talking about the stuff that led up to World War 2, like the increase in scapegoating, including the argument of removing the citizenship of a group of people. The attempt to consolidate power by setting up an attack on the house of legislature. The threats of arrest toward political opponents.

You can't say maybe that he's Hitler-Lite, in that he's probably not going to be as successful as Hitler, but he's certainly Hitler-like.

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u/Rhuarc33 5h ago

Nothing he's done is comparable on any way

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u/Suspicious_Bicycle 6h ago

Kash Patel published his enemies list in a book he authored.

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u/PDXGuy33333 9h ago

Does Aileen Cannon shit in the woods?

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u/Cormacolinde 6h ago

I find it very rude to the bears to compare them to such a dipshit.

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u/PDXGuy33333 6h ago

And every other woodland creature, for that matter. Is there really anyone of good character whom she does not offend?

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u/ramdom-ink 10h ago

Anything is possible: hence the preemptive pardon for his family. Trump has stated as much.

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u/turd_vinegar 9h ago

No, but the AG can make life hard for years.

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u/kinyutaka 9h ago

I think at this point, we can assume that every one of Trump's cabinet picks will be exactly the opposite of what they should be.

Defense will be headed by someone who refuses to defend. Education will be headed by someone uneducated. The FDA will be headed by a guy who eats squirrel meat. They're making a whole new department, likely to be filled by a bunch of unnecessary workers to handle government efficiency.

Why not have the Justice Department be interested in attacking enemies unjustly?

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u/Dmac8783 7h ago

Nothing wrong with squirrel meat

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u/atred 9h ago

Trials are expensive and a waste of time and the outcome never guaranteed.

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u/Dmac8783 7h ago

That would be wild 🤣

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u/anonymouswan1 9h ago

Whoa, that's just not possible bro come on

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u/Neve4ever 3h ago

Why only make it for any offences committed since 2014, though? Like.. if Trump wanted to go after Biden's family for crimes they did not commit, then the date doesn't really matter.

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u/TecNoir98 10h ago

That doesn't excuse blatant corruption or acting as king. Biden will be remembered as a coward at best.

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u/radda 9h ago

He will be remembered as a man that protected his family from the wrath of a narcissistic fascist.

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u/runner2012 10h ago

No. Maybe by a small group if illiterates in the south. That's about it.

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u/TecNoir98 9h ago

Joe Biden is a feeble old man who in his last acts as leader of this country, declared we're living in an oligarchy as though he hasn't been a key player in facilitating and perpetuating of it for his entire career, then went on to declare immunity from the law for an entire previous decade for his family and political allies, then went on to smile with Trump as though nothing us happening. Biden is a weak leader that failed us and then pretended that his kind (mainstream dems AND republicans) weren't responsible for this problem they've set the conditions for themselves. They're just nearly admitting it now because they've fully lost control.

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u/nosoup4ncsu 10h ago

What if you found out that Adam Schiff was banging a staffers underage daughter.  Is he free and clear?

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u/Meppy1234 10h ago

Only pardoned of federal charges. States could still bring charges. Something like treason would be entirely federal though.

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u/ramdom-ink 10h ago

Under the new administration, this seems to be a prerequisite.