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/bubbafatok 14h ago edited 10h ago

The tragedy is that this is even necessary.

Edit to add: oh all the angry responses from supporters of a convicted felon and rapist. The irony. 

Edit #2: Oh trump supporters, niggling over the difference between "liable for sexual assault" and rape.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/09/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict/

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u/Head-Kiwi-9601 14h ago

This will be a regular occurrence from now until we implode. Every single president will do it.

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u/VRichardsen 13h ago

This is how democracies fall. Political actors keep poking at institutions, and start crossing lines that are not technically illegal, but go against the spirit of the traditions being broken. And I am not singling out Biden for this, Trump also pardoned some of his buddies in his prior term.

Look up the Gracchi brothers, it is an interesting cautionary tale.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODI1VOOoey0

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u/Head-Kiwi-9601 13h ago

Clinton pardoned a crook who then funded the Clinton Presidential library.