Pardons

[HALL85]

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/20/biden-pardon-fauci-cheney-jan-6-committee-trump

Another dumb move by Biden. Has the complete opposite effect of his stated intention.

Trumps victory marginalized all of them and with the expansive agenda he has and essentially two years to get it passed, there was no way there would be any investigations.

Now Biden has handed him the talking points to reinforce that they were guilty with no chance for them to disprove.

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Talk about abusing power. Can you real pardon someone for something they haven’t even been accused of yet?

Gotta believe that goes beyond the power of the President. Will the courts get involved.

Biden has literally done everything they cried about for years that Trump would do if he got into office

 

[Merge]

Can you real pardon someone for something they haven’t even been accused of yet?

Gotta believe that goes beyond the power of the President. Will the courts get involved.

Yes. The court has already determined that to be the case.

Ex parte Garland, 71 U.S. 333 (1866)

Ex parte Garland

supreme.justia.com

The power of pardon conferred by the Constitution upon the President is unlimited except in cases of impeachment. It extends to every offence known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment. The power is not subject to legislative control.

In agreement these pardons are crossing a moral line though.

 

[Section112]

It's just part of the continuing and ramping up smear of Trump. That's what the Dems are doing. Part of the plan.

 

[HALL85]

It's just part of the continuing and ramping up smear of Trump. That's what the Dems are doing. Part of the plan.

They can’t help themselves and now he sets a precedent so Trump can do the same thing. Dems criticize Trump as having unbridled power and they hand him the most dangerous tool.

 

[jack 1970]

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/20/biden-pardon-fauci-cheney-jan-6-committee-trump

Another dumb move by Biden. Has the complete opposite effect of his stated intention.

Trumps victory marginalized all of them and with the expansive agenda he has and essentially two years to get it passed, there was no way there would be any investigations.

Now Biden has handed him the talking points to reinforce that they were guilty with no chance for them to disprove.

Joe Biden has the judgment of George Costanza.Always do the opposite of him.

 

[Section112]

It's clear Biden has not been running the country for some time. These decisions are being made by others most likely folks like Soros and Obama designees. Biden most likely did not make this decision or at least alone.

 

[knowknow456]

Perhaps President Trump will take the high road and not pardon people unnecessarily.

 

[CL82]

No one was ever going to jail. If you accept that premise, then the only thing these pardons did was take away the ability to plead the fifth amendment prohibition against self-incrimination. If called now, they would have to testify, and testify on honestly since they would still be subject to prosecution for any post pardon perjury.

 

[SHUHoopsFan]

Perhaps President Trump will take the high road and not pardon people unnecessarily.

I think we're going to find out Biden pardoning Fauci was not unnecessary from the perspective of the left.