Posted on 01/21/2025 12:00:55 PM PST by Morgana
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo rejected former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s Monday proposal that President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate former President Joe Biden’s family after he pardoned several family members.
Biden issued preemptive pardons for his brothers Frank and James, James’ wife Sara Biden, his sister Valerie Owens and her husband, John Owens in one of his final acts as president on Monday. After Cuomo suggested on “CUOMO” that Trump’s DOJ investigating Biden’s family members would be destructive to the nation, O’Reilly retorted that it would be necessary to expose whether the Bidens engaged in “graft and corruption.”
WATCH:
“Every moment that Donald John Trump motivates any retrospective in terms of investigating narratives, looking at narratives is to me a moment wasted for the American people. And I don’t expect Republicans to be better than Democrats were,” Cuomo said. “I think they’re all about their party and shoring up their own power bases and they have no problem investigating the other side, because it’s the easiest way to do that. But I think it’s ruinous to the country and part of my perspective on it is to attack it.”
Republican Kentucky Rep. James Comer spearheaded a sprawling investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings, which exposed that Biden’s DOJ prohibited IRS whistleblowers from pursuing evidence that could have implicated the former president. Comer criticized the pardons in a Monday statement, asserting he believes they indicate the Biden family is likely guilty of the corruption allegations against them.
“I don’t agree with you. We have a gentleman’s disagreement on this because I don’t think you’re wrong per se. I just think the advancement of the country’s welfare requires an exposition of the truth. So today just before he walked out of the White House, Biden pardoned his family, everybody, but [former first lady] Jill [Biden],” O’Reilly responded. “Okay, if I’m President Trump, I ask the attorney general [Pam] Bondi to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Biden family, even though a full pardon is on the books, because the American people have a right to know really whether there was graft and corruption at the vice presidential level and the presidential level. That’s what I’d do.”
When O’Reilly asked if Cuomo would “oppose” his idea, the NewsNation host responded, “Yeah, I’d absolutely oppose it,” calling it “nothing but petty vengeance.” He argued that nothing “entirely unknown” about the Biden family would be revealed by such an investigation, but O’Reilly disagreed.
Biden also issued a pardon to his son Hunter in December after a Delaware jury convicted him on federal gun charges and he pled guilty to federal tax charges in California. All of the former president’s pardons of his family members span back to 2014.
James was tied to Hunter’s overseas business operations, while Frank leveraged his brother’s January 2021 inauguration to promote his law firm in Florida.
I doubt Trump was ever planning on investigating or indicting Biden and his family. I know people may have wanted him to do it, but from what Trump said in the past about investigating Hillary, I doubt he would.
Hillary didn’t pardon her entire crime syndicate family after applying the full weight of the DOJ against DJT.
I do think even if they were pardoned the crimes should at least be made public.
They investigated Trump when there was no crime committed. On the other hand, there is plenty to suggest criminal activity by the Bidens, so it only seems fair to investigate them.
Speaking of which Hillary or no one in her family was given a pardon by Joe.
Just saying.
He opposes the truth.
SINCE WHEN DOES CUOMO HAVE A VOTE???
There appears to be a TON of fed employees already on the pay roll with the sole purpose of “getting Trump”.
So, appointing a different crew with all of the same titles and salaries to “Investigate Biden, et al.” would be a net 0 personnel and net $0 change in cost.
...And it is not as if DJT is going to put on the deer Stalker cap, funny pipe and magfifying glass and handle it himself!
I watched Cuomo for awhile. He is a classic liberal, all conflicted and ambivalent, sees himself as a virtuous guardian of the public good, has only the best intentions, wants to save the world. He claims to be nonpartisan but just can’t keep up the charade. Once Trump won the election, he reverted to type, being a run-of-the-mill democrat shill. Don’t watch much anymore..
He’s just setting himself up for an excuse when he gets found guilty for murdering thousands of senior citizens in nursing homes.
Maybe his brother,Andrew.
Just because they are pardoned from criminal prosecution doesn’t mean they should be able to keep the ill gotten money, some of which is taxpayer money.
To do otherwise opens the door for greater corruption.
EC
TOo bad you aren’t aren’t PRESIDENT !!!
Mario, Andrew, Chris - all the same Cuomo scum. It’s in the dna.
Ah Yes. You are correct. Thanks.
Joe Biden issued the following statement about the pardons:
“The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense...”
Biden's own statement should be used to challenge the validity of these pardons to the Supreme Court.
Article II Section 2
he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
Biden states that there was no wrongdoing by the recipients of his pardon. If there was no wrongdoing, then there was no offence against the United States.
If there was no offence against the United States, then there can be no pardon.
These pardons are invalid based on Biden's own words when he issued them and must be rejected as an unconstitutional use of the pardon power.
-PJ
Not only should the DOJ investigate the Biden family, they should ignore all the other pardons and begin criminal prosecutions today.
Who’s going to stop them?
Not for the criminal left. They want to operate in darkness.
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