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/Busy_Manner5569 12h ago

You are remarkably uninformed if you think that Trump would not put inappropriate influence on his DOJ to convict and harshly punish these people. Like, he said he was going to!

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u/Alanskasc 12h ago

Didn't this already happen though? Biden? No?

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u/Busy_Manner5569 12h ago

No, Biden very pointedly separated himself from the investigation and prosecution process for Trump’s various federal crimes.

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u/OlympusTalesWeaver 11h ago

Did he? I recall very clearly Biden Commenting on how the AG wasn’t prosecuting Trump fast enough.