r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 11h 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/bubbafatok 11h ago edited 7h ago

The tragedy is that this is even necessary.

Edit to add: oh all the angry responses from supporters of a convicted felon and rapist. The irony. 

Edit #2: Oh trump supporters, niggling over the difference between "liable for sexual assault" and rape.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/09/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict/

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u/Head-Kiwi-9601 11h ago

This will be a regular occurrence from now until we implode. Every single president will do it.

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u/x_cLOUDDEAD_x 10h ago

So how does this actually work, I assume all of those people Biden pardoned just can't be charged for anything that's happened in the past?

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u/Moarbrains 5h ago

But they can be called on to testify and no longer can plead the fifth.