Flashback: Biden told CNN he would not issue preemptive pardons before leaving office
President Biden previously declared that he would not issue preemptive pardons for his allies during a December 2020 interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper.
Biden preemptively pardons family members, other potential Trump targets
In his final hours in office, he pardoned Milley, Fauci and the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack.
Biden Denounced Preemptive Pardons In 2020: You're Not Going to See That In My Administration
In 2020, then-former Vice President Joe Biden told CNN's Jake Tapper that preemptive pardons concern him in terms of the precedent it would set and with regard to how the rest of the world would look at the United States.
FLASHBACK: Media attacked Trump for floating preemptive pardons in 2020 before Biden did so four years later
Before President Biden issued pardons for his family members, the media took aim at President Trump for floating the idea of preemptive pardons before he left office in 2021.
Biden, Who Just Issued a Host of Preemptive Pardons, Vowed in 2020 His Administration Wouldn’t Operate That Way
President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned a list of people believed to be at risk for political persecution by his successor, President-elect Donald Trump, but in 2020 he was singing a very different tune on the topic.
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Biden and Trump race to the bottom on presidential pardons
Biden gave immunity to political allies and family members. The breadth of Trump’s Jan. 6 amnesty is indefensible.
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Biden Issues Last-Minute Pardons to Protect People From Trump
Biden shocked many of his supporters last month when he pardoned his son Hunter from all present and future crimes out of fear that the coming Trump administration would single him out. Monday’s pardons seem to be protecting some of the right’s favorite bogeymen from Trump’s vengeance, which could come soon after he is sworn in later in the day.
Biden eyes preemptive pardons amid Trump's return
The outgoing president has called his successors intentions to prosecute political opponents outrageous US President Joe Biden is consi
Trump suggests Biden and those he pardoned should be investigated
I did it the hard way,” the president said, referring to his legal challenges. “It’s really hard to say they shouldn’t have to go through it also.”
Trump slams Biden over prosecutions, pardons
President Donald Trump talked with Fox News’ Sean Hannity in his first sit-down interview since his inauguration.
Biden issues preemptive pardons for Trump critics and Biden family members
President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of Congress who ...
Biden destroys what little legacy he had with pardons of family
When the president of the United States was mulling pardons for family members and administration officials, lawmakers were ...
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Biden’s Sudden About-Face On Sweeping Pardons For Family Members, Allies Sets ‘Perilous Precedent’
Former president Joe Biden’s decision to issue preemptive pardons to allies and family in his final hours in office Monday ...
Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members
With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley ...
Why have Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons caused such a stir? A president’s pardoning power has few limits
Joe Biden preemptively pardoned his family and others concerned about retribution from Donald Trump. The Constitution says ...
Biden Pardons Five More, Including the Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey
Civil rights leaders and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that ...