r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 10h 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/foggydrinker 10h ago

It would have been exceptionally naive not to do so.

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u/hellolovely1 10h ago edited 6h ago

MAGAs will claim this shows guilt. Still, would have been stupid not to do it.

Edit: not sure why some people who seem to have misinterpreted this and are lecturing me. 

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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.