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Biden pardoned several family members

• bena 11mo ago
  Yeah, because he was guarding them against the current administration abusing the Justice Department to go after them. Same reason he pardoned Fauci and others. And from what we've seen, he was right to do so. Although, they've been angling to declare his pardons void so they can go after whoever they wish.
  • gottorf 11mo ago
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    • collingreen 11mo ago
      That's nothing like what's being said, I'm really surprised you read it that way.
    • AgentME 11mo ago
      By considering the facts of the matter, sure it's as you said. But if you ignore every detail then it does look like everyone is exactly as bad as each other and it's impossible to say anything is good or bad.
    • travisjungroth 11mo ago
      You have the causality mixed up. It’s not bad because they’re doing it. They’re doing it and it’s bad.
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    • array_key_first 11mo ago
      Well yes some people commit crimes and others don't. It's not a double standard, it's the same standard.
  • jsbg 11mo ago
    > Yeah, because he was guarding them against the current administration abusing the Justice Department to go after them. Same reason he pardoned Fauci and others. Are pre-emptive pardons a common thing for American presidents to do?
    • ModernMech 11mo ago
      Only when the incoming administration labelled your family a "crime family" and led stadiums to chants of "lock them up".
    • jyounker 11mo ago
      No. Absolutely not. I can't think of anyone using a pre-emptive pardon until Trump's first Presidency. Sadly I think Biden's choice was completely rational given how Trump is weaponizing the US justice system.
      • mwcremer 11mo ago
        Proclamation 4311.
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  • kapone 11mo ago
    > Yeah, because he was guarding them against the current administration abusing the Justice Department to go after them Ha ha. They (democrats overall) need to look inwards for that. > Same reason he pardoned Fauci and others. Fauci screwed up our country so bad, it aint even funny. The fact that he needed a PRE-EMPTIVE (i.e. he wasn't even accused of anything at the time) pardon says it all. And the fact that Biden gave it to him, says everything there is to say about Biden. > And from what we've seen, he was right to do so. Not even close. > Although, they've been angling to declare his pardons void so they can go after whoever they wish. They should. - Look at what Biden did to the southern border. And look at it now. - Look at almost any "democrat" run major city. Any. Then look at the crime rates and cost of living. - And the recent farce that was this "No Kings" crap... Trump isn't perfect. Far from it. He's got major flaws, both in character and execution. However, name any major policy initiative that he's undertaken that is bad for the "country". As a whole.
    • Zigurd 11mo ago
      Easy: what passes for diplomacy has been so awful that nobody wants to buy weapons from us anymore, nor do they value our treaty commitments. Oh the irony of proposing to meet in Budapest.
      • kapone 11mo ago
        Buy weapons from us?? That’s your barometer? And they are not “our” treaty commitments. Treaties by definition involve more than one party. But out of curiosity, what commitments are talking here? Talking in abstracts is meaningless.
    • travisjungroth 11mo ago
      > However, name any major policy initiative that he's undertaken that is bad for the "country". As a whole. This is a ridiculous standard. Each of his policies (individually) only hurting some Americans is not a flex.
      • kapone 11mo ago
• scheme271 11mo ago
  Along with various other people to try to protect them from malicious political prosecution. Much like how Comey, Bolton, and a variety of current and former government officials are now being prosecuted on questionable charges.
  • polski-g 11mo ago
    The Bolton investigation started in 2023, during the Biden admin.