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Sanders tells Biden to consider preemptive pardons since Trump sounds like a ‘tin-pot dictator’
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Sen. Bernie Sanders urged President Biden to pardon lawmakers who investigated President-elect Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
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After months of insisting he would not pardon his son Hunter, President Joe Biden did just that -- as almost anyone other than left-wing cable news legal analysts and Trump-hating late-night comics expected.
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s controversial pardon of his son Hunter may give President-elect Donald Trump a blank check to issue his own round of pardons upon taking office. Trump said as much in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press when he vowed to pardon a number of peo…
President Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter, has sparked outrage from Republicans and Democrats alike, prompting President Biden to consider granting a preemptive pardon to all those Donald Trump has singled out for retribution.
President-elect Donald Trump suggested on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that President Joe Biden should pardon Democrats and members on the partisan January 6 Committee, such as Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Bennie Thompson (D-MS), and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
With new life breathed into it by President Biden breaking his repeated promises not to issue one for Hunter, the pardon debate is spinning entirely out of hand.
President Biden is reportedly mulling issuing blanket pardons to President-elect Donald Trump's political antagonists ahead of his exit from the Oval Office.
Washington Post journalist Ruth Marcus warned President Biden this week not to issue preemptive pardons for President-elect Donald Trump's political enemies.
Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said Thursday on CNN's "Newsroom" that, as the former January 6 Committee chair, he would accept a preemptive pardon if President Joe Biden offers one. | Clips
Sen. Bernie Sanders warned Sunday that President Biden’s pardoning of scandal-scarred son Hunter could set a “dangerous” precedent — while urging pre-emptive pardons for the likes of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that he thinks President Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter, is understandable, but he expressed concern about the “precedent” it could set for future presidents.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday described President-elect Donald Trump's threat to jail members of the House Jan. 6 Committee as "an outrageous statement"...
Sen. Bernie Sanders urged President Biden to pardon lawmakers who investigated President-elect Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
