Extra: The Biden Family Pardons

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🗓️ 25 January 2025

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In his final hours before leaving office on Monday, former President Biden announced pre-emptive pardons for his siblings, their spouses, and others he feared could be targeted for prosecution during the Trump administration. Some of those pardoned, like former Joint Chiefs Chairman Retired General Mark Milley and Dr. Anthony Fauci, have been frequent targets of criticism by Trump. In the final days of the Biden administration, some House Republicans discussed pursuing legal action against the former president's brother, Jim Biden, accusing him of lying to Congress. Hours after Trump was sworn into office, former federal prosecutor and ex-Trump attorney Jim Trusty spoke with host Chris Foster about the history and controversy of pre-emptive presidential pardons. Trusty explained how pardons work, why they can be problematic for recipients, and what potential charges Biden’s family and other pardon recipients might have faced. We often have to cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you might like to hear the full interview. Today on Fox News Rundown Extra, we will share our entire interview with attorney Jim Trusty, allowing you to hear more about his perspective on presidential pardons and why President Biden’s actions have not sat well with many Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7	This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.
0:35.9	I'm Chris Foster. Before leaving the White House, now former President Biden announced preemptive pardons for several people he worried could be targets for prosecution by the Trump administration.
0:45.4	Some are people President Trump has said should be prosecuted, including members of the congressional committee that investigated the Capitol Riot.
0:52.2	There are also pardons for Biden's siblings and in-laws,
0:55.3	former Joint Chiefs Chair General Mark Millie, a Trump critic, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, a target of Republican
1:00.3	investigations regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden says this should not be mistaken as an
1:05.1	acknowledgement of any wrongdoing, nor should any acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt
1:09.4	for any offense. Now, we talked about the pardons with Jim Trustee,
1:12.7	the former federal prosecutor and former Trump attorney.
1:15.5	The conversation was too long for all to be included in the regular weekday rundown,
1:18.9	and this weekend edition is where we put those edited parts back in.
1:22.4	Thanks for listening. We appreciate it.
1:24.1	Now, Jim Trustee on the Fox News Rundown Extra.
1:31.1	All right, Jim, thanks for coming back on the Fox News rundown. Let's talk about these preemptive pardons.
1:37.2	In practical terms, for DOJ purposes, what do the preemptive pardons mean?
1:42.2	Well, you know, preemptive pardons are kind of untested water.
1:45.6	I mean, the bottom line is we had the historical precedent of President Ford pardoning Richard Nixon
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