The View, co-host Joy Behar seemed shocked when Senator John Fetterman’s (D-PA) suggested that President-elect Donald Trump should receive a pardon similar to Hunter Biden’s.
“I think it’s undeniable that the case against Hunter Biden was really politically motivated, but I also think it’s true that the trial in New York for Trump was political too. And in both cases, I think a pardon is appropriate and I really think collectively America’s confidence in these kind of institutions have been damaged by these kinds of cases, and we cannot allow these kinds of institutions to be weaponized against our political opponents. And it’s very clear both trials were politically motivated weaponized on the other side.”
Fetterman is not the only Democrat advocating for a Trump pardon:
Fetterman noted how some of his fellow Democrats were “gleeful” over Trump’s conviction, and he argued the charges Trump and Hunter Biden faced would have never been brought unless one side “realized that they could weaponize” the nation’s legal system.Trump’s lawyers have filed a 72-page motion to dismiss his conviction in New York, arguing the president’s pardon undermines the fairness of Trump’s prosecution. Biden argued that his son had been “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” and that “raw politics has infected this process,” with Trump’s lawyers claiming the president’s remarks apply equally to Trump’s New York case.On Monday, NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo pitched the idea of Biden pardoning Trump following his massive pardon of his son, to which sports journalist Stephen A. Smith responded, “That’s exactly what I would do.” Smith argued that the Democratic Party needs to recognize it “lost the election” and that it is now “time to move forward.”
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