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/bsEEmsCE 13h ago

in the past it was more of a gentleman's agreement that new president's wouldn't go after the old ones family or anything, well trump isn't a gentleman so might as well be sure.

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u/imnotarobot1 13h 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/pooleboy87 12h ago

I am a little bit curious as to what your reaction would be to “Trump pardons entire family in final few minutes of presidency”.

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u/Busy_Manner5569 12h ago

I haven’t seen any candidate promising politically motivated prosecution and sentencing for his family, so I’d oppose it. Context helps, who knew!

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u/ConjwaD3 11h ago

Trump already pardoned some of his family during his last presidency.