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FLASHBACK: Media attacked Trump for floating preemptive pardons in 2020 before Biden did so four years later
Before President Biden issued pardons for his family members, the media took aim at President Trump for floating the idea of preemptive pardons before he left office in 2021.
Biden preemptively pardons family members, other potential Trump targets
In his final hours in office, he pardoned Milley, Fauci and the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack.
Biden Denounced Preemptive Pardons In 2020: You're Not Going to See That In My Administration
In 2020, then-former Vice President Joe Biden told CNN's Jake Tapper that preemptive pardons concern him in terms of the precedent it would set and with regard to how the rest of the world would look at the United States.
Flashback: Biden told CNN he would not issue preemptive pardons before leaving office
President Biden previously declared that he would not issue preemptive pardons for his allies during a December 2020 interview with CNN anchor Jake Tapper.
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Biden and Trump race to the bottom on presidential pardons
It’s debatable which president’s abuse of the pardon power on Monday — Joe Biden’s or Donald Trump’s — was more damaging. But that’s the nature of tit-for-tat escalations. The public argues about who started it and who did it worse. At the end of the process, constraints on the use of political power are gone and everyone is equally exposed.
Biden, Who Just Issued a Host of Preemptive Pardons, Vowed in 2020 His Administration Wouldn’t Operate That Way
President Joe Biden preemptively pardoned a list of people believed to be at risk for political persecution by his successor, President-elect Donald Trump, but in 2020 he was singing a very different tune on the topic.
Biden Doesn’t Rule Out Giving Preemptive Pardons To Trump’s Foes Before Leaving Office
President Joe Biden said he is considering issuing preemptive pardons to people President-elect Donald Trump could target for retribution, Biden told USA Today, as the president-elect has vowed revenge against political enemies.
FLASHBACK: What Democrats, Corporate Media Said About Potential Preemptive Pardons From Trump Four Years Ago
Democrats and corporate media figures were highly critical about pardons being issued preemptively prior to the end of President Donald
Flashback: Democrats, liberal media voices blasted preemptive pardons in 2020
Democratic politicians and liberal media figures were highly critical of President Trump in 2020 when he was considering preemptive pardons for his family members and other associates.
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Biden’s Sudden About-Face On Sweeping Pardons For Family Members, Allies Sets ‘Perilous Precedent’
Former president Joe Biden’s decision to issue preemptive pardons to allies and family in his final hours in office Monday ...
Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney, family members
Joe Biden in some of his final acts as U.S. president on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired general Mark Milley, ...
Biden issues preemptive pardons for Trump critics and Biden family members
President Joe Biden on Monday issued preemptive pardons for Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of Congress who ...
Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members
With just hours left of his presidency, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley ...
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Biden Pardons Family Members In Final Minutes Of His Presidency
Former president Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons for several of his family members as his presidency came to a close on ...
Biden Pardons Five More, Including the Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey
Civil rights leaders and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey’s 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that ...
Biden commutes 2,500 criminal sentences in final clemency push
President Joe Biden, in one of his final acts in the White House, announced a new wave of clemency decisions Friday, ...