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Government Corruption
Biden Pardons Fauci, Milley, Cheny, etc
2025-01-20
[WTAE, h/t Twitchy] President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential "revenge" by the incoming Trump administration.

Courtesy of Mike Kozlowski, Hot Air has a brief but interesting analysis of the impact and efficacy of these particular pardons.
Posted by:Bobby

#38  2014 - That year sure was something. Just ask Hunter.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2025-01-20 23:21  

#37  Via AOSHQ - Milley's portrait removed from Pentagon?
Posted by: Frank G   2025-01-20 19:26  

#36  #27 Angstrom - excellent!
Posted by: Frank G   2025-01-20 18:22  

#35  Couldn't Milley now be compelled to testify on the exact nature of his communication with the CCP in all details, by Congress or as part of a prosecutor's investigation into related wrongdoing by parties who weren't pardoned.

I reckon he didn't just personally dial Zhongnanhai and said "Hello Jinping!" a la Dr Strangelove, so others would have been involved.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2025-01-20 17:27  

#34  Maybe the Best Monday Ever!
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2025-01-20 16:35  

#33  By classifying the cartels as terrorist organization they become a belligerent. IAW the Hague Convention of 1907 "a neutral country has the obligation not to allow its territory to be used by a belligerent. If the neutral country is unwilling or unable to prevent this, the other belligerent has the right to take appropriate counteractions."
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-01-20 15:25  

#32  /\ Yes, "suspended" pending final investigation is nearly as good as revocation.

A Security Clearance is a "condition of employment" in D.C.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-01-20 15:11  

#31  Besoeker, that was my first thought when I saw it. And make sure he cannot ever get a clearance. That should keep him out of any jobs that need one.
Posted by: Rambler   2025-01-20 15:08  

#30  Declaring the cartels terrorists is a stroke of genious. Moving them away from the border will greatly assist the problems we are having with Mexico.

Posted by: Besoeker   2025-01-20 15:06  

#29  I particularly like the solution found in comment #24.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-01-20 15:00  

#28  If Biden can pardon a non-crime, why can't Trump rescind them?
Posted by: Heriberto Stalin4463   2025-01-20 14:54  

#27  Subpoena them all to testify, under oath, and spill the beans. Since they cannot be prosecuted they no longer have a 5th Amendment privilege. So either they lie, and get prosecuted for perjury, refuse to talk, and be held in criminal contempt, or spill the beans so that everyone knows exactly why they needed pardons.

I also really like the idea of rolling up all the underlings and marching them off to jail. In their thousands.
Posted by: Angstrom   2025-01-20 14:47  

#26  ^Ever thought that USA has too many lawyers?
Posted by: Grom the Affective   2025-01-20 14:38  

#25  We shall soon be entertained by the Legal/Political classes opining upon the legality of "preemptive" pardons.

I suspect they are not and would not be troubled to see a number of recipients swaying in the wind.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources   2025-01-20 14:28  

#24  Pardon aside - as Commander, which Trump is, he still should be able to recall Milley and discipline him via NJP. Pardon should not apply since it is non-judicial, crime not involved, strip him of his rank and clearance at a minimum. Make him thoroughly unemployable to the MIC.
Posted by: Tennessee   2025-01-20 14:16  

#23  President Biden pardons his siblings just minutes before leaving office

So basically, the entire Biden Crime Family receives a Get Out of Jail card. This is after passing Go and collecting their $200. It is good to be King!
Posted by: SteveS   2025-01-20 13:48  

#22  This is an interesting point:



Separately, while Mercutio has a point, I can see how a Russian would find badanov’s cartoon funny, after all the abuse they took from America’s deep state about that particular lie.
Posted by: trailing wife   2025-01-20 13:19  

#21  President Biden pardons his siblings just minutes before leaving office
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-20 12:39  

#20  #10 So basically, the entire Derp State.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2025-01-20 11:59  

#19  He can pardon federal crimes. On going grand jury in Florida on COVID response is a state issue. IIRC recently SCOTUS ruled that state and federal prosecutions around the same action(s) do not constitute double jeopardy. There is also civil liabilities routes to seek redress.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-01-20 11:36  

#18  Guess, what Bad? It ain't funny.
Posted by: Mercutio   2025-01-20 11:29  

#17  A bit of humor from Russia:

Posted by: badanov   2025-01-20 10:32  

#16  They need to charge them, get the Supreme's involved and get rid of pre-emptive pardons. If it fails charge some more until the figure out the argument to abolish it.
Posted by: jefe101   2025-01-20 10:14  

#15  Another copied post from IP:
One option to deal with Fauci, I copied this from the Maryland State Medical Board:
"License Number: D0004034 Dr. Anthony S Fauci
License Type: Physician-Medical Doctor
License Status: Active
License Issued: 10/02/1969 License Expiration: 09/30/2026"
If Fauci accepts his 'pardon,' thereby admitting he committed a crime, he can still be sanctioned by the MD medical board - cancelling his license for an admission to crimes. This is entirely a state issue and not one covered by a federal pardon. There is no federal licensure for physicians, last I checked.
Posted by: q   2025-01-20 10:10  

#14  Is there proof it was actually Biden that signed the pardons?
Posted by: hyper   2025-01-20 09:54  

#13  James Kunstler beat me to it by a few hours: "As I write, long before dawn, “Joe Biden” remains President of the US. You must wonder, as the hours dwindle to noon, what pardon power magic he’s saving for the final minutes of his term, while the whole nation is distracted by the spectacle in the Capitol Rotunda"
Posted by: q   2025-01-20 09:46  

#12  Yah know, pardons can be undone. It has just been curtesy that they haven't by other presidents. Time to go after these fuckers and Biden too.

Hang them all
Posted by: DarthVader   2025-01-20 09:44  

#11  Copied from Instapundit:
The question of whether or not Biden can pardon himself is still up in the air. There is still a period of time left for him to pardon Kamala Harris, resign his presidency and for the newly selected President Harris to then pardon former president Biden.
Posted by: q   2025-01-20 09:40  

#10  Biden has no pardoned or commuted over 8000.

FDR did about 3700

Obama did about 2000

Andrew Johnson pardoned about 650 regular and about 7000 to ex Confederate soldiers and Confederate govt officials.

Carter pardoned several hundred thousand draft evaders but not by name.

Since Carter and except for Obama, no President has issued more than about 500.
Posted by: Lord Garth   2025-01-20 09:34  

#9  Those who worked under the Pardoned may be at risk legally. Why not go after the low fruit?
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed   2025-01-20 09:28  

#8  I think we need a Constitutional Amendment to forbid pardoning of uncharged crimes.
Posted by: Glenmore   2025-01-20 09:18  

#7  Good news is the SOB never made it to the Supreme Court.
Posted by: Besoeker   2025-01-20 09:12  

#6  The most obvious obstruction of justice in the history of the USA.
Posted by: Airandee   2025-01-20 09:06  

#5  Plenty more scumbaggery can be projectile vomitted before 12:00 EST.
Posted by: hyper   2025-01-20 08:57  

#4  Not Merrick B. Garland?

‘Good Riddance’: AG Merrick Garland Roasted After Video of Him Leaving DOJ Goes Viral
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-20 08:56  

#3  President Biden Preemptively Pardons General Milley, Anthony Fauci, and January 6 Committee Members

They may not be indicted but the Discovery process can be painfully grueling.
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-20 08:47  

#2  ...That son of a bitch.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2025-01-20 08:44  

#1  Not Merrick B. Garland? For failure to destroy Trump before the election?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2025-01-20 08:42  

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