President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice started investigating former President Joe Biden’s pardons, specifically the preemptive pardons he gave his family and clemency for 37 prisoners on federal death row.
The preemptive pardon for Hunter infuriated numerous people, especially since it covers charges he faced or might have faced from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024.
Unfortunately, Reuters reported the DOJ investigation first. I say unfortunately because, of course, the author tried to water down the pardons and the possibility that Biden didn’t even sign them by attacking Trump.
Anyway, the wire organization reviewed an email sent by Ed Martin, the DOJ’s pardon attorney, saying the “investigation involves whether Biden ‘was competent and whether others were taking advantage of him through use of AutoPen or other means.'”
Peter Doocy of Fox News brought some of those pardons to the daily press briefing, noting that only Hunter’s pardon seems to have an authentic signature:
DOOCY: In fact, if you look at the last name, it almost looks like the president was having a hard time spelling his last name there. Is this White House of the opinion that the only pardon that would count is one that the president signed himself?PRESS SECRETARY KAROLINE LEAVITT: Very interesting. Very interesting props. If you want to bring them to my office later so I can take a closer look. The president is making a good point when he discusses the usage of the autopen, who was running the country for the past four years. Perhaps those documents were signed with the autopen, something that I believe the Department of Justice is looking into.As you saw, Ed Martin made an announcement at the Department of Justice this morning to launch an investigation because the American people deserve.Answers. Is there any concern that this president, who won the election on a promise to fix the economy and close the border, that focusing and scrutinizing these Biden pardons is looking into the past instead of looking forward?I think in comparison, to the amount of time this president has spent on securing the border, on fixing our economy, I just read out for you an entire list of accomplishment economic accomplishments. Look at the border numbers. Look at the time and effort he’s divulged into solving the global conflicts abroad. It pales in comparison, but it still nevertheless is a very important issue, and it was a huge issue that sent the president back to this White House.The Americans saw with their own eyes a mentally incompetent president, and they want answers for that. And the president believes they should have them.
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