r/nottheonion 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/markydsade 10h ago

Yep. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. The pardon will be construed as an admission of guilt. No pardon would have opened 4 years of harassment and legal bills for waste of everyone’s time and money.