Posted on 12/12/2024 11:30:07 PM PST by John Semmens
Seeing the great deal Hunter Biden got, former President Bill Clinton went on ABC's "The View" to express his "willingness to ask President Biden to pardon his wife. Hillary didn't do anything wrong, but getting a comprehensive and unconditional and pardon covering her from October 11, 1975 to the present would be very comforting. Considering she's devoted her entire life to public service of one sort or another she deserves it."
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wy) also would like a pardon. "Trump says all the members of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol should be in jail for destroying exculpatory evidence," an alarmed Cheney complained. "First, I didn't do anything I wasn't told to do by Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss). Second, in 2016 former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton destroyed evidence that had been subpoenaed, but she was absolved by FBI Director James Comey. Third, since President Biden has pardoned over 1,000 people in the last few days surely he could pardon me."
When asked about Cheney's remarks by CNN's Jim Acosta, Thompson asserted "I was just forwarding the orders I was given by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif). The media consensus was that our committee did a wonderful job. In my opinion we don't need pardons, but I'm willing to accept one if President Biden decides I should get one. To be on the safe side I think the President should issue a comprehensive and unconditional pardon for every member of Congress for the entire period each of us has been in office just in case Trump tries to question anything any of us has done."
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) came out against the idea of preemptive pardons, saying "it's going to be perceived as an implicit acknowledgment of guilt. This will turn voters against everyone who accepts such a pardon. We'd all be seen as corrupt in some way. I say, let them take us to court and try to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that we committed some crime." Reminded that he has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt to have lied about serving in Vietnam, Blumenthal pointed out that "simply lying about military service or anything else in order to win elections is not illegal."
Former Rep. and newly elected Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif) says "preemptive pardons are unnecessary. Trump using the DOJ to investigate and prosecute his political opponents is an impeachable offense. This is not what voters who elected him want. If he tries to do this moderate Republicans will join with Democrats to impeach, convict, remove, and bar him from ever holding a federal office again. Even if such an effort fails it would derail all the changes Trump promised voters he would make and mark him as untrustworthy."
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I wouldn’t mind a couple from Dolly. Wait, what?
Can a person who gets a pardon ask for reparations since the crime was not ignored originally and jail or cost was applied?
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Yep, all of our government officials and family members claim to need a pardon. They be “criminalin” for US, ya know.
Maybe they can get Oprah to come to Washington to hand out pardons!
There’s two officials from Doylestown Pennsylvania should be looking for pardons also.
LOL! "I want all of you Congress members to reach under your seats and open the package taped under there. It's a bright shiny pardon! There's a pardon for you...a pardon for you...heck, we've even got one for our security guy Michael Byrd. Pardons for everyone!"
Remember the old song Pardon Me Ray, about the Tennessee governor?
https://genius.com/The-gitch-your-own-band-pardon-me-ray-lyrics
Well now it is PARDON ME JOE!
Pardon me, Joe,
Are you the cat that signs the pardons?
Since you’re an old friend of mine
Just put your name on the line
(Put it on the line)
Double murder and rape
That’s all the jury put me in for
And I’m sure you’ll agree
They took advantage of me
Take a hundred thousand dollars, slip it under the door
Don’t mention any names and I won’t say what it’s for
Ain’t no use in cryin’
You’re not the one who’s dyin’
I gotta get my money’s worth for what I’m buyin’****
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