As RedState reported earlier, Joe Biden - who is now the former president - issued a slew of pardons in his final hours as President of the United States, the final shameful acts of a bitter, spiteful man on his way out the door.
Among the early morning pardons Biden announced ahead of Trump's inauguration was a preemptive one for retired Gen. Mark Milley, who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump's first presidency and who some accused of treason for actions taken in the final months of it. Dr. Tony Fauci - one of the main architects of the government's COVID-19 response and who allegedly lied under oath before Congress, was another who received a preemptive pardon.
Members of the J6 Committee including former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) - who has been accused of tampering with at least one of the committee's witnesses, also were on Biden's preemptive pardon list.
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Though not surprising, Biden's last official action, announced just moments before Trump was sworn in, was to also preemptively pardon, on a "full and unconditional" basis, several family members - James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens, and Francis W. Biden - for any non-violent offenses they may have committed going back to January 1, 2014.
Biden also pardoned his son, convicted felon Hunter Biden, in early December.
Reactions are pouring in:
You do not pardon folks that are not guilty of a crime.
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) January 20, 2025
This is a massive cover up. https://t.co/X4UdjNHwEK
no one is above the law* https://t.co/yk31lqUxBC
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) January 20, 2025
Everything Democrats and corporate media falsely claimed Trump would do with the pardon power to destroy democracy and the rule of law-- pardon all his family members and all his political allies -- were things Trump didn't do.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 20, 2025
They were, however, all things that Biden did: https://t.co/uQeMXGsfDA
How many crimes has the Biden family committed that he feels pardoning all of them is necessary?!? https://t.co/7juCaKhoOj
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) January 20, 2025
Incredible news dump. All time champ.
— Tyler Norris (@TXTylerNorris) January 20, 2025
Never talk about norms or any of that superior sh*t again. https://t.co/rhwpQ5rgw0
We obviously need to reform the presidential pardon process. The last several weeks of the Biden administration have been open corruption. Something has to change. https://t.co/lL5dS69ze5
— johnwcoleman (@johnwcoleman) January 20, 2025
Biden covered the pardon of his whole family behind Trump's inauguration speech
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) January 20, 2025
The historic height of cowardice and arrogance
The news has barely mentioned it yet
Amazing. 10-year pardons for the entire Biden family.
— Matt Cover (@MattCover) January 20, 2025
They always were the monsters they claimed to be protecting us from. https://t.co/h57oJPBk5N
Indeed.
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