January 22, 2025

"They said, 'Sir, would you like to pardon everybody including yourself?' I said, 'I'm not going to pardon anybody. We didn't do anything wrong!'"

"And we had people that suffered, they're incredible patriots. We had people that suffered. We had Bannon put in jail, we had Peter Navarro put in jail. You had people that suffered, and far worse than that, they have lost their fortunes and whatever their nest egg — paying it to lawyers. People have said they wouldn't have even taken a pardon. This guy went around giving everyone pardons. And, you know, the funny thing (maybe the sad thing) is he didn't give himself a pardon — and if you look at it, it all had to do with him."

Said Trump, in a clip from an interview with Sean Hannity that will air tonight. Video at link.

28 comments:

Jupiter said...

Too true. And it ain't over!

Spiros said...
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Lem Vibe Bandit said...

My gut says Trump is unlikely to court challenge the broader Biden pardon theory, should he later on be in a position to benefit from it. Trump is not unpredictable.

RideSpaceMountain said...

He'd be stupid if he did. Biden just set a new and disgustingly base precedent, and this is Trump's last term. They create new rules, but they're not going to like them.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

The biggest problem I have with preemptive pardons, Fauci getting away with mass murder (possibly) granted we don’t have the documents, nobody under oath. That’s what a trial would have discovered.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

It seems wrong to circumvent accountability that way. An incredible abuse of power.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

That’s what a trial would have discovered.

He can still be subpoenaed to testify in an investigation if they wanted to hold one. Also, because he's been pardoned he can't plead the 5th Amendment and if his testimony is found to be fraudulent he can be charged with perjury. So there's still a few tricks up Pam Bondi's sleeve.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

That’s good to know. Thanks.

Peachy said...

That man is a good man. The left are corrupt a-holes. All of them.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

If a president can pardon preemptively, then presidencial immunity is truly legally near omnipotent. And if I remember correctly, the supremes may have hinted that is not the case, by sending it back to the lower court to mull it over and write it up.

Lem Vibe Bandit said...

Let’s try it again. Self preemptive pardon and limited presidential immunity are in a collision course… or something.

Gospace said...

Apparently rumor is Putin wants Fauci extradited to Russia... Wonder if the pardon covers this? https://x.com/nickveniamin/status/1882179280580616492

gspencer said...

Biden doesn't have a pardon. Force those who do have pardons, like those shiitte family members, give testimony about Old Joe. They can no longer claim the 5th Amendment.

boatbuilder said...

Why wouldn't every president not simply preemptively pardon himself, his cabinet, his aides and his lawyers, at he beginning of his term? Also his family members.
Clearly, now that the "norms" no longer apply, the pardon power needs to be defined.
The problem is...who has that power?

doctrev said...

People are pretty confident that they can predict President Trump. Qassem Soleimani can tell you all about that, if you see him. Regardless, this continues to enhance the case for Donald Corleone being the only one who can give justice to these people.

Former Illinois resident said...

Special Counsel Robert Hur said: "Biden would present himself to a jury...as a sympathetic well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory." Some Mafia dons chose to pretend to be "crazy" during their trials; Biden can barely contain his dementia during his public events, and likely would be deemed incompetent to stand trial. Biden is headed to a lockdown dementia ward before year-end, Jill and Hunter know this, and so there was no need for media circus of a last-minute preemptive self-pardon for Biden himself. That said, Dr Jill is still mentally coherent, likely has full knowledge and participation in the shady graft and treasonous actions of Biden Crime Family, and certainly has enjoyed the financial largesse of those payoffs and bribes barely disguised as "service payments" to bagman-stepson Hunter.

Former Illinois resident said...

Would be poetic justice if Fauci was extradited to Russia, or China, to be prosecuted for his crimes against humanity - first misconduct during AIDs epidemic and implementation of inappropriate and deadly medications (and denial of appropriate medical/drug protocols), then misconduct during Covid epidemic and implementation of inappropriate and deadly medications (and denial effective medical/drug protocols), plus outcomes of biowarfare weaponization research sponsored by NIH, all under his specific direction.

Fauci is America's Dr Menegele, blatantly guilty of voluntary manslaughter, thousand-fold.

Readering said...

So, Trump rethinking his inaugural address brag about ending "lawfare" of pollical opponents? I guess Biden fortunate the USSC defined presidential immunity so broadly.

doctrev said...

This would be a terrible outcome for Biden, because even a DC judge wouldn't be able to accept hyper fast onset dementia without risking a SCOTUS challenge. At that point all of his pardons would be under scrutiny, along with quite a few of his laws.

The Clintons avoided this by having spineless opponents and relatively mediocre grasp of the legal system. Biden doesn't even have that.

Peachy said...

so you think that the Biden family are clean? that when Biden was VP - he didn't pressure China and Ukraine - and his his son as the bag man?
totally normal for a crack head to be on the Ukrainian energy Company Board - in 2014 - which so happens to coincide with Biden's date pardons

Peachy said...

Bonus from X

"The same people who…

Shut down your business
Yelled at your kids for not wearing masks
Wouldn’t let you visit your dying parents
Kicked out soldiers for refusing a vaccine
Lied about the origins of Covid
Tried to enact a nationwide vaccine mandate
Censored us on social media
Tried to create a ministry of truth
Lied about Hunter Biden’s laptop
Covered up Joe Biden’s dementia
Stopped enforcing immigration laws
Let 10M+ illegal immigrants cross the border
Installed DEI commissars in every agency
Raised pride flags at overseas embassies
Let biological males compete in girls sports
Weaponized the DOJ to attack Trump
Used lawfare against Elon’s companies
Wasted trillions on left-wing boondoggles
Defended Biden pardoning his family
Wanted to give Ukraine a blank check
Tried to forgive billions in student loans
Spent four years lying to us every single day

…are very concerned that Donald Trump is going to abuse executive power."

traditionalguy said...

Trump is live on Hannity right now. His communications skills are astonishing…near perfect. What a beautiful mind.

traditionalguy said...

Unfortunately Hannity is once more interrupting his guest to make his own blather the star of the show.

DINKY DAU 45 said...

Churches all over the country declaring to be sanctuary churches in spite of the brown shirt internments coming..The Catholics are losing their minds ,not compatible with Christian scripture or thinking the big hats in Vatican say. Oh my wait till they see the head smashing ,spoked in the eye with a flag poles and beat sensless all in the name of the King. (just like the j6 violent felons released back into the country) Yes sir its gonna be quite a ride,good thing im old enough to have seen even worse in war and peace. GOD WILLS IT!!

Narayanan said...

maybe Subway hero can offer service put chokehold

Rusty said...

You're an idiot. Though I suspect you know that already.

Kakistocracy said...

They’re all still criminals, just like Trump, the man who gave them clemency.

Re: Ross Ulbricht founder of the Silk Road drugs website
What happened to the seized bitcoins which today would have a market value of $17bn?

Mikey NTH said...

Tit for Tat is not only a perfectly cromulent strategy, it is a sensible and sane strategy.