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Yes, I could, absolutely. Because the Supreme Court has pretty much made it very clear, that he is preemptively pardoned of anything he may do as president."
Asked if he would support the pardon, Clyburn said Remember that Trump has not been convicted of anything in the federal realm. Those convictions are state convictions,
he said on Laura Coates Live The President asserts that Mr. Biden ‘was treated differently’ from others ‘who were late paying their taxes because of serious addictions,’ implying that Mr. Biden was among those individuals who untimely paid taxes due to addiction. But he is not."
Scarsi continued, reacting to the president's statement on his son's tax case Rather than providing a true and correct copy of the pardon with the notice, Mr. Biden provided a hyperlink to a White House press release presenting a statement by the President regarding the pardon and the purported text of the pardon,
Subject to the following discussion, the Court assumes the pardon is effective and will dispose of the case. The Supreme Court long has recognized that, notwithstanding its nearly unlimited nature, the pardon power extends only to past offenses,
The Constitution provides the President with broad authority to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, but nowhere does the Constitution give the President the authority to rewrite history,
In the President’s estimation, this legion of federal civil servants, the undersigned included, are unreasonable people,
As a father, I get it. But as someone who wants people to believe in public service again, it's a setback."
Congressman Greg Landsman, an Ohio Democrat, also posted on X, formerly Twitter, saying I hope that we see is far, far, far more commutations and clemencies that are provided because the current administration has issued a record-low number,
It’s less about the fact that the President pardoned his son and more about the fact that he's only really pardoning his son when there are, in fact, many people, including Leonard Peltier, as well as several other cases of many Americans who are on death row, who should be taken off death row, and who are facing the end of their lives if this president does not act,
And what I would hate to see is President Biden, leaving office with less commutations and clemency issuances than even President Trump provided,
During his final weeks in office, President Biden should exercise the high level of compassion he has consistently demonstrated throughout his life, including toward his son, and pardon on a case-by-case basis the working-class Americans in the federal prison system whose lives have been ruined by unjustly aggressive prosecutions for nonviolent offenses,
Jeffries said in a statement Now is the time to use your clemency authority to rectify unjust and unnecessary criminal laws passed by Congress and draconian sentences given by judges,
the lawmakers, led by Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, wrote in a letter Thanks to his father’s pardon, Hunter Biden has waived his Fifth Amendment protections,
Biggs wrote on X on Tuesday Of course, conservatives are going to say, ‘See? Joe Biden is just protecting himself,
Now everyone looks stupid. Everyone looks like they are full of s---,
President Biden made a promise to not take this step, and I do not believe in breaking promises. We all need to follow the rule of law, even — especially — when it’s hard for us personally.”
And Virginia Senator Tim Kaine had a similar sentiment, saying in a statement It just gives the American people a sense that there’s one system for the rich and powerful, and another system for everybody else.”
Colorado Democrat Senator Michael Bennett agreed, telling CNN The larger point is, we have to understand that this justice system has gotten out of control. It’s a political weapon, and it has to stop,
It makes me sad. I understand the semantic difference they’re trying to make. ‘He didn’t lie. He changed his mind.’ Yeah, I think it’s sad. It’s hypocritical. He said he wasn’t going to do it, and he did,
Cuomo said on WABC radio Monday
