Presidential pardon

Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “Finnerty,” Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow said former President Joe Biden’s autopen use for patrons was “illegitimate.”

President Donald Trump says that former President Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons for members of the January 6 Committee are “void, vacant, and of no further force or effect,” citing the pardons having been given via an autopen.

A coalition of attorneys general are seeking to bypass President Joe Biden’s last-minute preemptive pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci to investigate him on a state level for his role in the COVID-19 pandemic response.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) claimed Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that President Donald Trump’s pardons have excused political violence, and that has created a “really dangerous precedent.”

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he was afraid there will be “more violence” as a result of President Donald Trump’s January 6 pardons.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he did not like President Donald Trump’s pardons and that it might be time for Congress to examine the presidential pardon powers.

President Donald Trump addressed pro-life advocates in a video speech at the 52nd annual March for Life on Friday, praising them for their “extraordinary love and compassion for the unborn” while promising to “end the weaponization of law enforcement against Americans of faith.”

President Donald Trump pardoned more than 20 pro-life activists on Thursday who were prosecuted, and some imprisoned, by Biden’s DOJ.

“The ball’s in Pam Bondi’s court,” James Comer says of the Biden Five on the latest Drill Down podcast with Peter Schweizer.

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) claimed Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that President Donald Trump had “legitimized” political violence against Democrats.

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In” that President Donald Trump’s pardoning the January 6 protesters created “a pretext for more political violence in our country.”

Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said Tuesday on CNN’s “OutFront” that President Donald Trump’s pardoning the January 6 protesters was to create a “reserve army of political foot soldiers.”

Despite former President Joe Biden’s eleventh-hour pardons, lawmakers can still expose what the recipients did, Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) explained during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, one day after President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. 

Demonstrators rally outside the Central Detention Facility, also known as the D.C. Jail, after President Donald Trump pardoned and commuted thousands of participants in the January 6 Capitol riot.

Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Monday on MSNBC’s “Inside” that President Donald Trump’s pardon of approximately 1,500 January 6 defendants and prisoners and commuted the sentences of 8 more was a “grotesque display of his new power as president.”

Former President Joe Biden, just hours before he left office, issued a flurry of preemptive pardons for his political allies — including retired Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and members of the J6 Committee — but skipped one for Ukraine impeachment hoaxer Alexander Vindman.

Former President Joe Biden’s pardon of five family members before leaving office “confirms the deep corruption” during the past four years, says Peter Schweizer, the president of the Government Accountability Institute and Breitbart Senior Contributor.

President Joe Biden grants clemency to family members deeply involved in the Biden family business, including brothers James and Frank Biden. 

“The implication is that they needed” them, Rep. Chip Roy said of President Joe Biden’s eleventh hour preemptive pardons on Monday.

In his final full day in office, President Joe Biden has given a posthumous pardon to black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.

Biden’s DOJ has been accused of using the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to go after pro-life activists.

Partisan January 6 Committee Chair Bennie Thompson (D-MS) spoke with White House counsel and “would accept” a preemptive pardon from President Joe Biden, he told Punchbowl News in a Monday interview. 

On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday” Vice President-elect JD Vance said Trump’s incoming administration “obviously” should not give pardons to people who were convicted of committing violent act on January 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol.

Joe Biden might give Liz Cheney and Anthony Fauci preemptive pardons, according to an interview the president gave to USA Today.

Former Bush-Cheney political strategist Matthew Dowd said Thursday on “MSNBC Reports” that President Joe Biden was trying to box President-elect Donald Trump in with his last official actions as president.

NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson said Monday on CNN’s “The Lead” that President Joe Biden’s pardoning of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row to life without parole was a “bold step” and they “encourage” more.

Monday on CNN’s “News Central,” Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) said President Joe Biden’s pardoning of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row to life without parole sets a concerning precedent.

CNN contributor Karen Finney said on “This Morning” that President-elect Donald Trump was an “old man” who is “threatening young little women” after he accused to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) of witness tampering over her interactions with Cassidy Hutchinson.

Plans are afoot to cement President Joe Biden’s legacy before he leaves office, according to White House communications director Ben LaBolt. 

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that “more transparency” from the federal government was needed on the mysterious drones seen over the East Coast.

President Joe Biden is speaking with his team about delivering preemptive pardons to his allies, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed Thursday.

As part of his flood of pardons, President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of Illinois official Rita Crundwell, who was found guilty in 2013 of the worst embezzling of government funds in U.S. history.

Representative Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said Thursday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that, as the former January 6 Committee chair, he would accept a preemptive pardon if President Joe Biden offers one.

President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son was an “attack on the judicial system,” longtime Biden adviser Anita Dunn said Wednesday. 

The days are counting down until U.S. President Joe Biden exits the White House but before he goes the octogenarian is doing some judicial housekeeping.