Quotes
Number one, they're wrong. It has to stop, because otherwise, we're not going to have a country,
he told Hannity but added
I am your warrior. I am your justice. And for those who have been wronged and betrayed: I am your retribution."
Dean's "retribution" line was a reference to Trump telling supporters at CPAC in 2023WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long-term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again."
Trump posted in SeptemberBiden should keep going with his pardons: Trump, Jack Smith & team, Mueller & team, and a blanket pardon for all on Trump’s enemies list for any and all political statements before December 25, 2024! Merry Christmas,
Dean wrote on SundayIf you even parallel pardons that Trump has done himself, it's just always so, it seems so hysterically imbalanced!
His co-host chimed in adding
You know, the New York Times, like, the top six stories online today were all about the pardon,
Scarborough said of coverage of the caseIn order to rationalize this abusive use of the pardon power, the president is now attacking his own Justice Department as politically motivated and engaged in lawfare,
Turley added
Biden knows the things he said about his son’s case are not true and that, in fact, Hunter was given special treatment, not selective prosecution,
McCarthy saidBut Weiss not only is not independent, he is the U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware, ... This means that if Biden really thought Weiss abused his power, he could fire Weiss immediately — U.S. attorneys serve at the pleasure of the president. So the whole thing is nonsense."
McCarthy said, addingWe still don’t have the pseudonym emails, which we believe will show Joe Biden was communicating secretly with the shady associates that were a part of the money laundering scheme with the money from our adversaries around the world,
Comer told the Daily BeastIt’s a rebuke to Garland, it’s a rebuke to the special prosecutor Weiss, it’s a rebuke to the entire system,
said Dershowitz, who represented Trump during his first impeachment trialGarland appointed Weiss and would have had to sign off on major investigative steps,
Chamberlain saidThere is no evidence that Woodrow Wilson had a brother-in-law named ‘Hunter DeButts.’ While at least one person by that name was living during Wilson’s presidency, there is nothing to suggest any relation, or that they were pardoned — the only result is this tweet.”
A community note tacked on to her tweet debunked her claim
Woodrow Wilson pardoned his brother-in-law, Hunter deButts. Bill Clinton pardoned his brother, Roger. Donald Trump pardoned his daughter’s father-in-law, Charlie Kushner. And just appointed him ambassador to France. But tell me again how Joe Biden ‘is setting precedent’
Navarro-Cardenas wrote MondayThere’s (unsurprisingly) no record of Woodrow Wilson having a brother-in-law named ‘Hunter de Butts.’”
He wrote on XNeither had a brother named ‘Hunter deButts.’ And even if you go one degree further, out of Wilson’s wives’ five combined sisters, none appears to have been married to anyone named ‘de Butts,
Parkinson wroteHey Twitter sleuths, thanks for taking the time to provide context. Take it up with Chat GPT …”
She posted a screenshot of the AI bot’s answer to her question of whether any US presidents had pardoned any relatives or in-laws and wroteI’ve got nothing for you on that.”
Schumer, pressed four times by separate reporters on the issue that has roiled Democrats on Capitol Hill, continued to offer the same blunt response
Dave, would you pardon your son?” ... Well, yes, but it is embarrassing.”
After Cuomo asked ... Bossie replied
Well, I’ll put it this way: If it was my son, I’d pardon him, too,
Tuberville said in comments Monday to the press