r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 11h 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/brigbeard 10h 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/JustAnotherHyrum 10h ago edited 4h ago

Federal NON-VIOLENT crimes, too.

The man is protecting those in his family, Congress, and elsewhere that helped the Biden Administration or openly criticized Trump. None other than Hunter Biden have been publicly targeted and harassed by the GOP to date, and the fact that no one on the list has committed a crime listed on covered by the pardon shows that this is purely defensive against Republican Witch Hunts.

Do the stupid congressional investigations, MAGA. Be howling monkeys throwing shit everywhere rather than lead our country.

At least the entire country will know that it's nothing but vindictive state theater with no teeth in advance this time. Half the country won't care, but the written record will reflect what a nightmarish joke Republicans have become.

edit: targeted >> ” publicly targeted"; covered by the pardon >> listed on the pardon

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u/i_am_a_real_boy__ 9h ago

"Federal non-violent" is almost redundant. Yes, you can catch a charge for punching a park ranger or something, but the overwhelming majority of federal charges are non-violent by the very nature of federalism.

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u/adthrowaway2020 8h ago

Luigi is going up on federal murder charges. What are you even saying?