Fox News: Biden pardons Mark Milley, Anthony Fauci, J6 committee members
The President's power to pardon is absolute. Presidential pardons are, of course, unreviewable and cannot be challenged.
Now, we've never had a situation where the president is less than compos in his mentis, and others are directing him as to the signing of pardons and even where to sign on the papers, but here we are.
MSN: Full List of Joe Biden's Last Minute Pardons—Anthony Fauci, Liz Cheney, More
The MSN/Newsweek's "full list" isn't actually the full list of those pardoned, we'll have to wait for that to actually come out. So far Cassidy Hutchinson whose hearsay testimony we discussed before on this blog, the one who made the salacious claim that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel before the Jan 6 Committee and admitted she lied before the committee is not listed so far. Considering one of the potential claims against Liz Cheney is that she suborned Cassidy Hutchinson;s perjury before the committee, this may be interesitng.
While all those listed so far have been pardoned, it does make for an interesitng result in that none of therm can now can refuse to testify before investigative committees now as they no longer need fear being self incriminated as they cannot be prosecuted for their testimony.
That could get interesting.
3 comments:
how can one be pardoned for a crime they have not been charged with?
Seriously.
Pretty easily. Pardons cover all criminal acts even those for which the recipient has not been charged - but they are certainly indicia that the person has done something for which they could be criminally charged.
I'm surprised Biden's people didn't think to throw a pardon Trump's way as a final act out the door to imply wrongdoing on his part. Possibly they intend to persecute him further when he leaves office.
I expected this sooner. No doubt this was made when it was to avoid giving Trump talking points before he was inaugurated.
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