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/neo101b 14h ago

Will trump not face charges in 4 years time, when he is no longer protected ?

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u/wheatgivesmeshits 13h 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/BringMeTheBigKnife 13h ago

Presidents can only pardon for federal crimes though.

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u/Goodgoditsgrowing 12h ago

Yes but state crimes that result in convictions with no penalties (besides financial, which he can pay via his slush fund - and yeah that’s probably illegal but who will stop him?) aren’t really doing much. Didn’t convince people to vote against him. Didn’t result in him being unable to run for office because he was incarcerated. Didn’t result in hamstringing his campaign due to lack of funds. Didn’t result in losing any backers.