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I was floored that Joe Biden pardoned his whole family and let me tell you why. The most charitable interpretation is the Titanic is sinking, I’ve got a life raft for my family, but anyone else who challenged Trump, you better swim, or you’re drowning,
she said, describing what she said was her most "charitable interpretation" of the decision, which was criticized by members of the media Joe Biden's family and the people he pardoned on the Jan. 6 committee have not actually committed crimes, he is trying to prevent them from spending the rest of their lives fighting the government, which is no easy feat,
It sets a very dangerous precedent. Now Donald Trump can basically advise staff and his family to do anything unlawful and then just issue a blanket pardon when he leaves office. I think it was disgraceful and I think it's going to harm his legacy,
If I could protect me and mine, I would do that, and so I think we need to show Biden some grace,
It was perhaps a constitutional mistake to give the president this one unchecked, unilateral power,
said Mark Rozell, a George Mason University expert on presidential power The recent precedents are disturbing, ... and will be seen by some future presidents as a license to pardon friends, family, cronies without any consequence other than history’s judgment.”
The pardons by outgoing President Biden and incoming President Trump yesterday signal a dangerous new era in pardoning,
said Bernadette Meyler, a constitutional law expert at Stanford University It was a disappointing move, ... I was disappointed in it. I think he has spoken so eloquently about the need to preserve the rule of law."
And I think it’s hard to argue that it didn’t yesterday. I will be totally candid. I think it was disappointing,
As he was coming into office in 2020, he talked about the idea of Trump pardoning his family and said that it would send a bad message,
the former Biden official said, adding I also think you have to recognize that we are now in a Trump 2.0 era where Trump has been very clear that he intends to use the long arm of the government to go after his political enemies, and I can understand why Joe Biden might look at his family and say, ‘I’m going to do everything in my power to protect them on the way out the door,
Well, I just think you continue to see the inconsistency of former President Biden, feels good to say that,
Harris said on Fox Business’s Mornings with Maria Bartiromo, guest-hosted by Cheryl Casone The difference here is whether you agree or disagree about what President Trump’s going to do, he told the American public ahead of time,
We will do it at a level that has never been seen before."
As his speech progressed, Trump deviated from the teleprompter, reverting to familiar phrases like If the inauguration had gone as originally planned, without the weather issues, I think maybe people would have just stopped by on their way to or from and that would have been great, because we could have just shown ... the house and shown them what a great opportunity they have here when they’re in D.C.,
said Florida House Executive Director ROBERT WEISSERT The best example of how Hispanics and Latinos respond is what happened in Florida,
she said when asked about those comments Trump quickly puts Cuba back on the list of state sponsors of terrorism,
reports POLITICO’s Eric Bazail-Eimil . They can no longer use the 5th Amendment to protect themselves,
he said, referring to constitutional protections against self-incrimination I’m just sick of seeing him,
DeSantis said in August 2022, as his gubernatorial reelection race heated up We need to get to work,
