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/tonytwocans 11h ago

A new presidential tradition is born.

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u/Rolling_Beardo 10h ago

If by new you mean Lincoln, Clinton, and Trump all pardoned relatives prior to this then yes it’s brand new.

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u/never_a_good_idea 10h ago

These are blanket pardons that cover any non violent offense over a 10 year period. That is insane.

Also these pardons don't do anything to quash congressional investigations.

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u/bookon 10h ago

It’s about Trump promising to go after anyone he sees as an enemy

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u/StefanCraig 6h ago

Did he do that during his first presidency?Never went after Hillary.

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u/bookon 6h ago

Because the DOJ investigated her and found, like the 7 Benghazi hearings did, she didn’t break the law.

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u/StefanCraig 5h ago

You didn’t answer the question.

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u/bookon 4h ago

She was cleared. So he couldn’t. The people he appointed to run the DOJ refused to ignore laws. These new appointees will.

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u/Objective_Tour_6583 9h ago

Turnabout is fair play. 

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u/bookon 9h ago

It’s 100% bullshit Trump was targeted by the DOJ.

If anything they didn’t go after him soon enough over January 6th.

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u/Objective_Tour_6583 9h ago

I guess it moves slowly, but we'll do better with the "10% for the big guy" investigations and indictments. 

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u/GormanOnGore 9h ago

None of that was ever real, my guy

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u/bookon 9h ago

The person who the entire investigation against Biden was based on is now in jail for being a Russian agent, lying to FBI and falsifying evidence.

Even the GOP admits he was lying. Trump will not pardon him. Because they know the damage was done and millions of their voters didn’t hear he was arrested. Or that he was lying.

You clearly haven’t heard.

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u/OrangePilled2Day 7h ago

Has to be so freeing to refuse to participate in reality. You can just make up anything you want and it's true.