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On his way out the door, President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons - blanket immunity for people who were not convicted of a crime - to a number of people.
Dr. Anthony Fauci received one. Gen. Mark Milley got a preemptive pardon too. So did the J6 House Select Committee.
So did Biden's entire family. Seriously, he preemptively pardoned them all.
Imagine if Trump did this for Don Jr. or Ivanka Trump?
More importantly, why did these people need preemptive pardons if they didn't do anything wrong?
Outside of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War, preemptive presidential pardons are unprecedented, and some would argue are an attack on basic democratic standards and norms.
In fact, when President Donald Trump was leaving office after his first term, Democrats were saying the same thing: That preemptive pardons were wrong and unethical, if Trump were to do them.
But Biden's pardons? You're not hearing a word from Democrats.
But this is how they sounded four years ago:
MSNBC's Joy Reid said to her guest Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff in 2020, “Have you ever heard of somebody getting a preemptive pardon who was innocent of all crime, who’s just an innocent person? Have you ever heard of that? Just somebody getting a blanket pardon and they’re an innocent person.”
Schiff replied, “No, it’s the president’s own family. It’s people that have been covering up for the president in addition to his own family."
In another clip, Schiff is asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer if Trump doling out preemptive pardons would be “admission of guilt."
Schiff said yes.
“I certainly would view it that way. I think millions of Americans would view it that way,” Schiff replied. “If there was no belief in criminality, why would he think a pardon was necessary?”
That's a good point, Adam Schiff!
Do you plan to ask Joe Biden the same question?
In a subsequent clip, MSNBC host Brian Williams asked former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann about such pardons.
“Is there an innocent explanation for someone to seek preemptive pardons for family members? Would you do that if you knew you were innocent and just worried about outside forces?” Williams asked.
Weissmann resplied, “The answer to that is going to be no. If you haven’t done anything wrong, you sit there and go, what do you need a preemptive pardon for?”
By the way, Biden had promised he wouldn't issue preemptive pardons prior:
Trump considered it in 2020, but as president he never preemptively pardoned anyone.
Democrat Joe Biden now sets that precedent. And it could be a dangerous one.
Something that, just a mere four years ago, Democrats understood or at least pretended to.
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