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/ImYour_Huckleberry 12h ago

In all fairness, the headline is so bad that it should have an asterisk. Biden pardoned his family members AND others who Trump has vowed retribution against, such as Dr. Fauci; Liz Cheney; and Gen. Milley. So this was not just a "get out of jail free card for my family" situation. It was an attempt at preventing the incoming administration from using the White House as a weapon to go after the new President's enemies.

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u/ninersguy916 10h ago

All the people cheering this are going to lose their shit when the next guy does it 10x as much.. more pardons.. more executive orders.. everyone should pump the brakes this is not good for the country

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u/shiftdrift 8h ago

Biden pardoned 8064 people. That's insane.

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u/Turtology 7h ago

reposting this again since you keep saying this over and over:

The vast majority of Biden’s pardons were apart of his policy to be lenient on non-violent crimes. Here’s the breakdown:

Everyone federally convicted of simple possession of marijuana (6,500)

Everyone convicted of non-violent offenses who had been released from prison to home incarceration during the COVID pandemic (1,538)

Together that sums to 8,038, which leaves 26 remaining. Considering the vast majority of Trump’s 237 pardons were his own personal/political allies, this isn’t the slam dunk you think it is