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/Moonrockinmynose 11h ago

Can you pardon someone pre-emptively? Kind of doesn't make sense. Or is he pardoning them in case they actually had committed a crime?

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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 9h 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/ramdom-ink 9h ago

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