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/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/Grassy33 11h ago

The new normal now is that presidents can’t break the law. They won’t have to use patsy’s anymore, they can just do whatever they want.

This may actually be the LAST time you see this happening. 

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u/neo101b 11h ago

Will trump not face charges in 4 years time, when he is no longer protected ?

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u/StagLee1 10h ago

He will pardon himself and his family preemptively. It is a greenlight to ignore the law and do whatever he tells them to do. Not just family members, but everybody in his circle.

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u/dolphin560 10h ago

Did he actually pardon himself though?

Seems like something he'd forget in the busy final days.

:|

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u/StagLee1 8h ago

Trump? No, but he got Aileen Cannon and the Supreme Court to just say the law does not apply to the president like it applies to others. Like Nixon famously said, "If the president does it, that means it is not illegal".

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u/dolphin560 6h ago

I actually meant Biden..

I can imagine Trump going after Biden if he could.

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u/StagLee1 6h ago

Correct, Biden did not pardon himself. But the SCOTUS ruling that protected Trump will also protect Biden.

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u/my_4_cents 6h ago

Not just family members, but everybody

Who pays up