Posted on 01/31/2025 8:18:33 PM PST by JohnRLott
President Biden’s and President Trump’s pardons have generated a lot of controversy. But there are considerable differences between the two sets of pardons, with a two-tiered system of justice unfairly biased against Jan. 6 defendants.
Last month, Biden pardoned his son, Hunter. And then, on his last day in office, Biden pardoned five family members. That same day, Trump pardoned 1,500 people who were convicted or facing trial for the Jan. 6 riot.
The media’s coverage of these pardons has been dramatically different. Take the New York Times, which describes Biden’s preemptive pardons as a way to “guard” from a “promised campaign of ‘retribution’ by his incoming successor, Donald J. Trump.”
But after the 2020 election, the Times accused President Trump of using his power to “apply his own standard of justice for his allies.” That included Paul Manafort, his 2016 campaign chairman, and Roger J. Stone Jr., his longtime informal adviser and friend. Another beneficiary was a family member, Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
The New York Times quoted this week the older brother of Capitol Police officer Brian D. Sicknick, who died naturally from a stroke the day after Jan. 6. “The message to me is that the United States is no longer a nation under the rule of law and anything goes,” Craig Sicknick was quoted as saying.
News coverage on ABC, CBS, and NBC spent 46 minutes and 32 seconds covering Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons but only three minutes and 32 seconds on Biden pardoning his family.
Overall, Biden has pardoned and commuted sentences for a record 4,245 criminals, including 37 murderers on death row. Some of these individuals are mass murderers, child rapists, and torturers who then murdered their victims, and many have never expressed remorse....
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We need to have an alternative to the kangaroo stooge-”judges” in the District of Corruption.
Wait til dems learn the TRUTH re J6. Total set up. Those pardoned should SUE Nancy and all TRAITORS.
The disparate treatment of J6ers vs BLM is enough to justify the pardons. J6ers were victims of political persecution.
Bkmk
The DC circuit needs to be ripped out by its roots. DC home rule revoked. DC circuit reconstituted as a Traffic Court. Any Federal crime committed in DC can be farmed out to other functioning circuits by lottery. Take extra care to not committing crimes in DC, you have the added expense of traveling and lodging in a far away circuit.
We need an amendment stating that no crime charged by Federal prosecutors, or involving Federal employees or politicians will be tried within the District, but rather in a state chosen by random lottery. However if the politician charged represents the state chosen by lottery, an alternate state, chosen by lottery will be appointed for the trial.
How about, any crimes committed in DC to be tried in your home district?
Post 8 may be a better solution for politicians.
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