Biden issues a slew of pardons for exactly those you’d expect
His entire family, for example – in the same manner as the pardon for Hunter, it covers the same years and gives them the same blanket freedom from any federal prosecution.
And although yes, Ford pardoned Nixon, that’s quite different. He had been president and his offenses had been fully aired. Not so for the Biden family – and I think it’s interesting that Biden didn’t include himself. Then again, Hur already said, about the classified documents case against Biden: “We have also considered that, at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory…”
“Well-meaning”? Hardly.
But the deed is done, at the last moment in order to give them the maximum length of time for protection.
Oh, and he also pardoned Fauci, Milley, and members of the J6 Committee. No surprise there.
This doesn’t mean they can’t be called to testify. And now they can’t plead the Fifth regarding federal crimes. What’s more, they could be liable for committing perjury during such testimony.
Biden probably was sad he couldn’t pardon them all for future offenses, as well. I’m surprised he didn’t try.
Such a projection, he is saving his family from frivolous lawsuits that his administration has done to thousands of Americans.
It won’t go well in history
I suspect that’s an indicator that the J6 committee and its staff destroyed evidence.
Frivolous?
The Biden criminal syndicate is internationally connected, well entrenched, eminently creative and corrupt to the core.
To be sure, why SHOULDN’T Decent Joe & Family make a buck (or two) for serving his country (and other countries) so loyally?
File under: Offshoremen union.
Any member of the Jan 6 committee still sitting in Congress should be censured and expelled from Congress.
There are already calls to subpoena some of these who have received pardons, and they will not be able to stand on the Fifth Amendment for acts for which they have been pardoned.
I think that politically it would be best for Trump to pardon all J6 defendants on the grounds that their charges and trials were tainted by the corrupt Biden/Garland DOJ, and then get on with the business of getting the country back in shape.
What about the Biden grandkids? And Hallie Biden, Beau’s wife & Hunter’s main squeeze after his brother died? They all received bankwire $ from foreigners too. Just asking.
Biden’s actions are a stain on the republic and his presidency. But they might be a blessing in disguise for Trump and those of us who want him to succeed. Why bother focusing on retribution when all of the offenders have been pardoned?
If they still want to proceed, maybe one of these:
(1) Indict Joe for his shenanigans as VP and then compel all of the newly-pardoned to testify to the grand jury, as neo noted, without the benefit of the 5th amendment. If Hunter, Jim, or anyone else lies to the grand jury, indict them for perjury/obstruction.
(2) Investigate Milley, Fauci, et al and, if they find anything on them, indict them anyway and challenge the breadth of the pardons. Argue for a limit on the pardon power that requires that there be notice of what crimes have been pardoned. Assuming that there is anything on Fauci and Milley, this is a win-win if handled well. If the pardons are overturned, then justice is served. If they are not, then the public is further exposed to Democrats’ bad faith. (One downside of this is that the 5th amendment comes roaring back as soon as the state announces that it is challenging the pardons.)
If either avenue is pursued, Trump needs to wind it up and then stay the heck out of the way and let Bondi handle it. No tweets. No public statements beyond plain vanilla platitudes such as, “we are confident that justice will be served.” Not that he would, or even could, but he should.
Frankly, I think the best choice is to just have Trump spend a few days tweeting links to Liz Cheney, Kinzinger and all of the others opining in 2020 about how accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt and then get on with governing the country.
He also pardoned all US Capitol Police and DC Metro Police who testified before the J6 committee, likely so they can avoid perjury charges. I believe that will also let Micheal Byrd skate on murder charges after shooting Ashli Babbitt. I hope some lawyer can be found to pursue a wrongful death claim against him.
I have seen an X post from Alexander Vindman’s wife moaning that he did not receive a pardon.
These blanket pardons will be ruled invalid. If not the judge can be arrested, taken to a military base where someone with a blanket pardon from Trump invites the judge to reconsider unless he or she wants a hole in face they weren’t born with. Then the lightbulb will come on. Indicted, found guilty or pled guilty. Otherwise scenario 1 is inevitable.
I, too, question the validity of these pardons. How can a person be pardoned without a crime or conviction? I’d really like to see a SCOTUS ruling on such pardons.
Is crow best eaten cold or hot when baked into a pie?
Well, at least Biden & Cabal didn’t start World War 3 or Civil War 2 to spite Trump and America.
–Eric Idle, “Always Look On The Bright Side of Life”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DXyRsOQ9Is
Yeah, the Biden Cabal was as corrupt and criminal as we knew all along.
If you’re pardoned for a crime, how can you please the Fifth?
Did a pardon apply to civil matters?
Kate: regarding Vindman — Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
By the end of a century, I’d expect a dog or cat whose online videos were cute and funny to be elected president. Or maybe an AI program with an attractive avatar. Sure, we’d know that they wouldn’t be making any decisions themselves, but aren’t we used to that after four years of Biden?
Biden wouldn’t know who, how, or what a preemptive pardon actually is […] the people who control Joe Biden, just used the tool he represents to pardon themselves.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/01/20/forget-general-milley-joe-biden-just-pardoned-lawfare-operative-mary-mccord/#more-268346
By the end of a century, I’d expect a dog or cat whose online videos were cute and funny to be elected president.
Abraxas:
It’s easy to be cynical.
But as cute and funny as Kamala was this time and with more than twice as much campaign funding, she lost and Trump won.
The American people can be fooled for a while, but not forever.
Dax:
Biden has memory problems. He’s shaky on his feet. His mind wanders at times. He has word retrieval problems. In short, he’s been declining and has many cognitive challenges. But he’s not so far gone that he doesn’t know exactly what he did with these pardons, and why.
Why not Jill? Why wasn’t Dr. Jill Biden pardoned?
Lee Also:
My post was unclear on that point due to bad punctuation (comma instead of period). I fixed it now.
None of them can plead the Fifth for federal matters that might involve federal crimes. But they could still plead the Fifth – I believe, although I’m not certain – for matters involving possible state crimes. And they still could be liable for civil lawsuits. At least, that’s my understanding.
As far as Fauci goes, the pardon is a declaration of guilt:
https://instapundit.com/697338/
One can well conclude the same WRT the rest of ‘em, especially the “smartest guy I know”(TM)…
+ Bonus:
“The Pardoner’s Tale”—
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pardoner's_Tale
Key Graf:
“….The Pardoner initiates his Prologue—briefly accounting his methods of swindling people….”
This doesn’t mean they can’t be called to testify. And now they can’t plead the Fifth regarding federal crimes. What’s more, they could be liable for committing perjury during such testimony.
Yes. Brilliant.