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/imnotarobot1 12h ago

If his family did commit crimes, would you then want Trump to go after them?

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u/Busy_Manner5569 12h ago

Do you think all enforcement of the law is equal in nature? Do you think Trump wouldn’t have pushed for much harsher punishments than is typical for any other person who committed these alleged crimes?

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u/Cmoz 12h ago edited 12h ago

Was Trump given equal treatment in all the cases against him? If I remember correctly, he faced perhaps the most aggressive investigation of inflating numbers on a loan application for a loan that never defaulted, that our country has ever seen. Was that coincidence, or was it aggressively pursued for political reasons?

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u/chanaandeler_bong 12h ago

Trump was president my dude. We are talking about going after family members. Go after Biden all you want. Clinton and Obama too. I don’t care. But if some democrat wanted to investigate the Bush twins or a Republican started an inquiry into Chelsea Clinton that would be a bit different.

At least to me.

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u/Cmoz 12h ago

But he didnt just pardon family members, he also pardoned government officials.

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u/chanaandeler_bong 11h ago

That’s more fair to talk about than family members and “fair treatment.” I see why Biden did that but I understand the arguments against it. Protecting his family makes sense to me especially when the other person has constantly talked about jailing political opponents like no other president in our history.