Summary
In his final hours as president, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the Jan. 6 Committee, aiming to shield them from potential retaliation by the incoming Trump administration.
Trump has hinted at targeting those who opposed him or investigated his actions.
Biden stressed that the pardons do not imply wrongdoing but protect reputations and finances from politically motivated investigations.
This unprecedented move reflects concerns about threats to democracy under Trump’s return to power.
Supreme court said if Biden tried to give such orders, he cannot be prosecuted for it.
But Supreme court never gave the president the authority to do it.
Basically it favors republicans because the military and law enforcement leans right wing.
Biden: “Kill donald trump for his treason against the United States”
Military: “Sorry Mr.President, we’re unable to do that”
Biden cannot be prosecuted for the attempt, but the attempt won’t suceed either
trump: “Kill these dEMs, they very bigly bad for 'murica”
Military, after trump’s purges: “Yes sir”
I think he should have started jailing congressmen until they agreed to make a law overturning the immunity decision.
But that can “make things worse” in the same way these pardons did. And they were extremely aware of that.
There’s no winning in this scenario. The people voted against the rule of law. It’s easy to sit on the sidelines and criticize, but what are they supposed to do about it? Perform a coup against the will of the people? It’s doing the same damn thing we were just trying to stop.