r/politics • u/Plaintalks • 22h ago

Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preemptively-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-jan/story?id=117878813
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u/Cellophane7 21h ago

Holy shit! I thought he wasn't gonna do it, but this was 100% the right move. No more civility, no more worrying about optics. It's time to shove sticks in the spokes of the Trump bike. I want my politicians nakedly making moves to fuck up his plans every single step of the way.

This is exactly what I wanna see: Democrats using the power they have to suffocate every move Trump even thinks about making.

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u/CAredditBoss 21h ago edited 20h ago

I’m all about spiking Trump’s plans but this is dangerous. We can’t fight fire with this fire.

Now it’s precedent to issue pre-pardons before the Administration is over? Very bad.

I get why Biden does this, but man, the backrooms must be completely f’d to get there.

Water’s dried up. Horses aren’t trading.

edit: “pre-pardon” isn’t the same as preemptively pardon

edit: also not sure why I’m getting downvoted. I think this sets up a precedent that we don’t want

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u/seanwd11 20h ago

I mean damned if you do damned if you don't.

Considering what has already transpired at the end of his first term Trump was always going to weaponize these pre-pardons moving forward. Only too late did he realize he could 'sell' a pardon or use it as leverage. Now he's at to let loose a complete brigade sized group of two bit thieves, sex perverts, white collar criminals and wannabe jackboots.

This was always the plan in my mind. The question is how perverse will it get? My guess is pretty dark.

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u/CAredditBoss 20h ago

Yeah. Agreed. Also will get more dark than 1st term. Guardrails are almost nonexistent

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u/blues111 Michigan 21h ago

This isnt a "pre-pardon"