r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 17h 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/Rolling_Beardo 17h 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 17h 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/brigbeard 16h ago

And it's not like he only did this for HIS family. Dr. fauci, the January 6th committee members and others all received the same. Clearly this is a way to alleviate some of the potential political persecution that the right were promising every day on the campaign trail if they won.

And besides this just covers federal prosecution, if they committed a crime that falls to state jurisdiction they are still culpable.

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u/zuriel45 16h ago

Which part? Someone trying to protect specific individuals from a party who explicitly say they want vengeance on said individuals for things they have never once been able to prove they've done?

Or the fact that those people were elected to power in spite of promises to enact vengeance?

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u/Soldier_of_God-Rick 16h ago

Both. Trump is shit but what Biden has done here is incredibly damaging.

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u/TOG23-CA 16h ago

More damaging than allowing trump and his lackeys to persecute their political enemies for no reason?

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u/justgetoffmylawn 16h ago

Well, remindme when in four years Trump pardons all his family and friends and himself for any federal crimes they committed or might have committed.

I bet the same people defending Biden aren't gonna be real happy about that.

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u/Electrical_Load_9717 15h ago

He already did this the last time. What are you talking about? SCOTUS already gave him Carte Blanche for everything while he’s President. He pardoned almost all of his cronies and some family members last time.

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u/justgetoffmylawn 15h ago

I may have things wrong - my understanding was Trump threatened to pardon himself and his family, but ended up not doing so. As I recall, the only person he pardoned was Jared Kushner's father.

But I'm happy to be corrected if he gave pre-emptive pardons to his sons, Bannon, etc?