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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All the more reason to open investigations into the Biden corruption, Milley treason, and Fauci complicity in Covid. Walk it all the way through up to the point of prosecution.
Biden didn’t pardon himself, did he?
Yeah, I’m sure Mr Potato (p)Resident wrote those orders.
NOT
He’s a damn vegetable. And a liar. And corrupt as hell.
Speaking of hell…. Time to repent, Joe.
Indeed
Do you think Trump will pardon Biden? At least ultimately, or eventually?
So: less than an hour after Biden issues a blanket pardon to his family for crimes that have not been charged and for which they have not been convicted ... Amy Klobuchar kicks off the inaugural ceremony with a ringing affirmation of the great principle of equal justice under law.
These pardons were presumably issued at the last minute so that none of the reporters covering Trump’s inauguration would be aware of it as Felonious Joe sat in the background. I wonder if Trump was aware of it.
Proof positive.
And strangely once again all the way back to 2014.
I don’t believe this should STOP any investigations.
If they are found guilty, OK Biden pardoned them- I don’t care if they spend time in jail. But I want them convicted.
But there is so much going on- we need to know what crimes were committed.
What was the Biden family doing in 2014, hmm? Maybe some money laundering schemes?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4290648/posts?q=1&;page=1
Comer sent messsge to Biden to take action.
One less fake investigation for Comer.
There was zero good reason for the timing, it was all about the Pardon.
What a jerk. Glad he doesn’t have any power now.
He didn’t pardon himself
but Biden is not Mentally fit
What a jerk. Glad he doesn’t have any power now.
They’re getting away with running the US into the Ground
They’re all crooks. The Biden Crime Family.
Historical legacy for the most corrupt regime we eve had.
Cemented his place as the worst.
The Biden’s are a sleazy corrupt bunch.
Did he pardon the family dog?
Yep and all the media will talk about is how Trump is pardoning all Jan 6 prisoners. How violent they are and attacking cops and they will be free by days end. Then biden gives his last speech nobody could understand, then asked can I walk off this way. But notice how fragile he looked but after he gets down he actually seemed to move pretty well. Strange. But am watching my dad (has Alzheimer’s) and he is watching abc news. Wow, they are so one sided and against Trump, not mentioning bidens pardon of his family. Just Trump releasing violent people.
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