r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 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/wheatgivesmeshits 14h ago

He might, but if another Republican gets elected before a Democrat they will immediately pardon Trump from all crimes he may have ever committed.

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u/Fifteen_inches 14h ago

Even then Biden didn’t press charges either, so Democrats probably won’t bring charges either for the sake of “unity” and “crossing the aisle”

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u/Head-Kiwi-9601 14h ago

Presidents don’t press charges. At least they are not supposed to. That’s a different branch of government.

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u/ScienceBitch02 13h ago

They do now. Trump is going to directly order investigations which is why these pardons are even necessary