President Trump generated intrigue Wednesday by noting that former President Joe Biden didn’t pardon himself as he left office, despite pardoning his siblings and their spouses to head off
Jim Biden’s activities have been investigated in recent years in two federal criminal probes, as POLITICO has reported.
President Joe Biden pardoned his brother James and other relatives for unspecified crimes, to protect them from Trump administration investigations.
"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin slammed former President Biden's decision to issue last-second pardons of his family on Tuesday, arguing it hurts his legacy.
Hunter Biden received a “full and unconditional” pardon from his dad, President Joe Biden in December. But this gesture of love, one of President Joe Biden’s final acts while in office, came before Special Counsel Davis Weiss released the final report on his investigation into the president’s son.
Biden did not pardon himself — and it's unclear if he could be prosecuted at all under the Supreme Court's recently created doctrine of presidential immunity — but Trump associates are still speaking of the "Biden crime family" in statements to the press.
It was just moments before Joe Biden's presidential term ended when he announced pardons for his siblings and their spouses.
President Biden's last-minute preemptive pardons of Dr. Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney and Gen. Mark Milley were widely panned on social media on Monday.
President Joe Biden issued pardons to several close family members Monday in the final minutes of his presidency.
Joe Biden saved his greatest disgrace for last. On Monday, he pre-emptively pardoned his three siblings for any potential crimes they may have committed over the last decade.
Biden’s preemptive pardon to cover up for potential misconduct involving himself is a totally different ballgame, and puts him within the company of President Donald Trump at the end of his first term.