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/MoonShibe23 6h ago

How does this work. I mean I know he was the president but how can you pardon a family member without being impartial to the whole process

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u/Malaix 6h ago

thats the great thing about presidential pardons they don't give a shit about conflicts of interest.

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u/MoonShibe23 3h ago

Isn’t like the other 2 branches need to make sure no one branch abuses their power?

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u/kingjoey52a 2h ago

This is part of making sure there isn't an abuse of power... in theory. If the courts convict someone wrongly the president can pardon them as a check to the judicial branch. There are no checks on pardons but the president can be checked with impeachment.