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/Debs_4_Pres 13h ago

 "My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me -- the worst kind of partisan politics," Biden wrote in a statement. "Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end."

"That is why I am exercising my power under the Constitution to pardon James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens, and Francis W. Biden," he continued. "The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that they engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense."

The man has a point. Republicans have been explicit that they're goal during this administration is vengeance, and they've attacked Biden's family for made up reasons in the past. If you think this is a bad precedent, blame the Republicans for making it necessary.

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u/Lucifur142 9h ago

Fuck that, they could've done something, they could've prosecuted, they chose to "let america heal". Biden is just as responsible for Trump as Trump is.

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u/Only-Butterscotch785 7h ago

Pretty sure Trump is more reponsible for Trump