President Joe Biden Pardons the Innocent to Prevent Trump from Revenge Prosecutions
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
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🗓️ 23 January 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In the final hours of his presidency, Joe Biden issued pardons to people who committed no crimes: the members of the January 6 House select committee like Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney; police officers who testified at the J6 congressional hearings, Harry Dunn, Mike Fanone, and Aquilino Gonell; plus, Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Millie, several of Biden's family members and others. Glenn does a deep dive into questions like - how much protection against Trump's revenge do these pardons provide? And are there any presidential downsides to pardoning the innocent?
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and MSNBC analyst Glenn Kirchner. |
| 0:11.5 | In the last hours of his presidency, |
| 0:18.2 | Joe Biden decided to pardon some people, even though they hadn't committed |
| 0:21.7 | any crimes. Glenn talks about that next on Justice Matters. These are difficult times, and if you |
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| 1:02.6 | Hey all. |
| 1:04.0 | Glenn Kirshner here. |
| 1:05.7 | So friends, pardoning the innocent to prevent Donald Trump from bringing baseless, bad faith, vindictive |
| 1:14.7 | prosecutions against his perceived enemies feels good in the moment, but we can't ignore the |
| 1:23.4 | long-term implications and the downside of this practice moving forward. |
| 1:30.3 | But let's start with the brand new CNN reporting on these last-minute President Joe Biden pardons. |
| 1:38.3 | Headline, Biden issues preemptive pardons for Trump critics and Biden family members. |
| 1:47.0 | And that article begins. |
| 1:49.0 | President Joe Biden on Monday issued an extraordinary slate of preemptive pardons for prominent critics |
| 1:56.0 | of President-elect Donald Trump and members of his own family, using executive prerogative as a shield |
| 2:04.2 | against revenge by his incoming successor while also guaranteeing his closest relatives aren't |
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