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103 sats \ 4 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 20 Jan \ on: Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals news
It sounds like it, in theory. Interesting that some folks didn't want it, and I'm not sure a pardon (especially a blanket one) can be refused. It's bad precedent on Biden's part, though a lot of the promised/threatened prosecutions would also have been bad precedent.
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37 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 20 Jan
The precedent of pardon-circuses was set long before now.
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9 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 20 Jan
Other than Ford pardoning Nixon, I can't recall one quite on this level. Usually, there's a ton of pardons that would either not have been politically popular, or are obvious quid-pro-quo (Trump was the master of this last one), but a preemptive one for a large group isn't one I think we've seen before.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 26 Jan
Biden pardoning his family is unprecedented and shameless
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 26 Jan
Biden pardoning his family is unprecedented, makes Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich trivial, blatant case of quid pro quo
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