Posted on 01/20/2025 10:40:14 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Mr. Biden emphasized that he did not believe his family did anything wrong, but he feared political attacks by Donald J. Trump.
President Biden pardoned five members of his family in his last minutes in office, saying in a statement that he did so not because they did anything wrong but because he feared political attacks from incoming President Donald J. Trump.
“My family has been subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics,” he said in his last statement as president. “Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end.”
Mr. Biden’s action pardoned James B. Biden, his brother; Sara Jones Biden, James’s wife; Valerie Biden Owens, Mr. Biden’s sister; John T. Owens, Ms. Owens’s husband; and Francis W. Biden, Mr. Biden’s brother.
The White House announced the pardons with less than 20 minutes left in Mr. Biden’s presidency, after he had already walked into the Capitol Rotunda to witness the swearing-in of Mr. Trump before leaving the Capitol for the last time as president.
The pardons were a remarkable coda to Mr. Biden’s 50-year political career, underscoring the mistrust and anger that the president feels about Mr. Trump, the man who preceded and will succeed him in office.
Mr. Biden had repeatedly warned that Mr. Trump was a threat to democracy in America. But he also said that he believed in the rule of law, and was confident in the stability of the institutions of law enforcement. The pardons — like one that he did earlier for his son, Hunter Biden, threatened to challenge that assertion.
In his statement, Mr. Biden explained his action.
“I believe in the rule of law, and I am optimistic that the strength of our legal institutions will ultimately...
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Commit crimes and then claim victimhood for being procecuted!
Even Jimmy Carter wasn’t this corrupt.
"The wicked flee even when no one pursues." (Proverbs 28:1)
Almost makes stealing an election worth it.
One thing is certain.
Biden’s pardons will be his legacy. Proof that his administration, his supporters and the Democrat Party was nothing more than an organized crime syndicate.
The Swiss Bank Account crowd ?
He didn’t pardon himself.......
door opened.
Well I’m confused. If you’re pardoned that means you are alleviated or punishment is lessened for a crime. If you get a pardon, can you use it for a future conviction?
We will now see someone propose a constitutional amendment to limit the pardon power. It should be done.
Even Obama wasn’t this corrupt. BUT, now that they can’t really plea the fifth. Open the books on their dozens of LLCs and where all their money came from.
BUT... The Chomo didn’t pardon himself. So throw the book at that crooked SOB.
Fine! Just expose what they didn’t do wrong!
I have May 20, 2025 in the Byden Dead Pool.
If there is any semblance of Rule of Law in the USA then the SCOTUS will have something to say about this. This is a total abuse of Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution and cannot be allowed! This is NOT an matter of We-The-People by any definition. This cannot be allowed to stand! Biden thinks he’s King Louis XVI. Off with his head!
Although the pardoned Bidet family members get to keep the money they stole, the 244 “corporations” they formed to launder the money should still be open to audits, collections, penalties, and taxes.
Not jill................
Yeah they did. Bigly. Stuff that would land them decades in prison.
Now, someone has to explain to Hunter the difference between past and future acts and his pardon does not apply when he lights up that 2 grams of crack tomorrow that he has secreted behind the frig
Now he can continue to rape in laws and siblings.
Get Dr. Jill for perpetrating A Fraud on America.
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