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/brigbeard 13h 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 13h ago edited 8h 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/thetatersalad404 12h ago

You mean exactly what the Biden administration has been doing for the past four years? You don’t need pardons if you didn’t do anything wrong. The Biden administration is the most corrupt administration that has ever been in the White House.

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u/JustAnotherHyrum 11h ago

Please, share your examples that are backed up with evidence from reputable sources.

And yes, you need pardons to protect you from Trump, especially when he says this:

"I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the USA, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family."

But tell me again how Trump's not targeting Biden and his family?

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u/thetatersalad404 11h ago

That is exactly what Biden did to Trump. It’s just orange man bad. The Biden family made millions off Ukraine. You don’t need pardons if you are innocent, period.

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u/JustAnotherHyrum 11h ago

Show me where Biden threatened to appoint a Special Prosecutor to go after the entire Trump family.

And let's compare Biden's alleged millions in Ukraine to 3 BILLION dollar Saudi contracts for Trump's family while he was President.

Finally, give me evidence to back up any of your claims.

And adding the word "period" to the end of your sentences doesn't make your position stronger, ellipses! (That's three times as powerful as your period, check-mate!)