There are many people who will be targeted by the incoming administration who do not have a parent in the Oval Office to give them a pardon..and these are people who have done nothing wrong.
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Pardoning Hunter doesn't mean they won't be pardoned, too, if that's what they want, since they haven't done anything wrong and a pardon implies guilt.
Who will pardon “many people who will be targeted by the incoming administration who do not have a parent in the Oval Office to give them a pardon..and these are people who have done nothing wrong” Certainly not the administration that targets them
While I agree with POTUS’ pardon of his Son, I hope he doesn’t stop here because anyone facing retribution for telling the truth needs assistance at this point, including your Husband, General Milley, Dr.Fauci, and others.
The problem is exactly because they have done nothing wrong. A pardon is bestowed on a guilty person and if it is accepted it is an admission of guilt. Legal scholars need to quickly come up with something to protect the people like your husband who did their jobs!
Like your husband? I agree in some ways. Maybe he should pardon all the people he thinks will be targeted? Your husband, himself, Kamala Harris, Liz Cheney, Jack Smith. And more. It's disturbing.
Accepting a pardon, which implies guilt, will create some hairy decision-making dilemmas for people who have done nothing wrong. And that will be most of the people who Kash Patel goes after as head of the FBR ( Federal Bureau of Retribution, previously known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
That is true & I pray they won’t be. I don’t know how President Biden can fix that not knowing beforehand who will be targeted for what. I’d be ok with him trying to protect others too. But there has been enough of viciously targeting Hunter to hurt Joe, it’s time it stops & I think is a good thing.
Biden should pardon them all-there’s no reason he can’t make a list of Trump’s so-called enemies and pardon them using the exact same language in Hunter’s pardon.
Well then I stand corrected, but it would be highly unusual, as the “normal” process requires an admission of guilt when accepting a pardon. But, hell, nothing is normal anymore!
I’d also forgotten Carter’s blanket pardon of Vietnam War draft dodgers. I don’t know how the actual mechanics worked, though. I think Biden will issue tons of pardons before he leaves. Why Hunter’s pardon now? Maybe Kushner’s appointment as Ambassador to France made him go “well fuck this”!
Hunter was in targeted in order to harm his father. The taxes had already been paid with penalties. The firearms offense is rarely charged at all. He had the gun for less than a week and never used it. A pardon is fully justified. MAGA will explode, but no outcome short of life would satisfy them.
Your husband is a hero and doesn’t deserve what he’s been put through. I would love to see him get a preemptive pardon. I also don’t think Biden pardoning Hunter is a bad thing.
Then all the General's that told the truth about trump should be preemptive pardoned. We all know trumps revenge tour includes some sort of public firing squad!
You’re making a good point. I’m glad Biden chose to pardon Hunter, but I hope he’ll take more actions to protect America and innocent Americans before his term ends.
So, are you saying Hunter shouldn’t have been pardoned? I’m a big fan of yours but something sounds really off about this statement. Personally, I hope Joe preemptively pardons whole swaths of people, including Alex.
Had not seen that as I’m done with Twitter but I agree with you wholeheartedly. I’m hoping President Biden is compiling a long list for pardons to come asap. 🙏🏼
It would be wonderful if your husband and others could be protected with a preemptive pardon if such a thing exists. I defer to the legal scholars here, but I thought that there had to be an adjudicated crime and an acceptance of guilt?
I’m so sorry. You, your husband and his brother are all true patriots. Elon is borderline insane and drunk on power- I wish he could be deported and I hope they are looking to find a way to arrest him. I don’t know what Biden can do to protect your family but I hope for something.
I always agree with you and your husband, we elected Alexander in my district, but they targeted Hunter for zero reason and he should be pardoned. I was in Fed Ct 22 yrs and never saw that. But also Biden should give blanket pardons for others
Trump will massively abuse the pardon power like every other presidential power, regardless. Biden pardoning Hunter was the right thing to do. The Hunter prosecution was political from start to finish. If Joe wasn't president Hunter would never have been prosecuted.
Rumor has it Rudy was selling pardons the first administration & splitting the money with Trump. How could he possibly abuse the pardon power worse than he already has!💔
So true and lets not forget he went after hunter in 2018 long before he left office because the only person stupid trump thought if he went after hunter his dad would run and trump was really wanting him to run so he could beat him but HE LOST BIG TIME so he then went back after him as revenge
Don-Don has always treated the pardon process like a Black Friday Sale. Pay the price and get a pardon. Fuck him and fuck anyone who says anything negative about President Biden rightfully pardoning Hunter. Now let's take back the House and Senate and go right after Don Jr., Jared and the rest!!
These idiots can't find their own ass with both hands, the problem is we keep giving them too much credit, they are basic, stupid people, treat them like that, stop trying to win the high moral ground, it's pointless
It covers everything that he did and may have done between Jan 1, 2014 and Dec 1, 2024. It is a bad precedent to set, but Trump was going to do whatever he wanted regardless of Hunter's pardon or not.
As soon as I heard about the pardon I thought Felon-47 and his henchmen would come up with something illegal in the the law abiding world to go after Hunter, but perfectly justifiable in the madness of MAGA world. I really hope my thoughts do not come true and his pardon holds up.
If any Vindman isn't pardoned by Biden and is the target of trump, half of America will rally and contribute to their defense costs. Same for Dr. Fauci.
That’s not enough for maga. They’re still threatening Dr. Fauci? What purpose does threatening Hillary serve? Michelle Obama? These are vile, cruel people. Period.
Trump already proved during his first administration that he has no problem abusing the pardon power, the emoluments clause of the constitution, and numerous other norms and rules.
Everyone working for the justice department, FBI and the military should ignore The new administration’s appointments and undermine their authority. Plain and simple.
Rachel, you and your Husband are great. Dont give up on people. Stay awesome and stay true to yourselves and Americans. Your selfless courage is something to be desired in these weird times.
Sadly, you sure as hell do have an idea. The nightmare you’ve been through has been unconscionable. And it appears that it’s not over. What a helluva price to pay for doing the right and honorable thing to help salvage our democracy.
1) It’s not too late to preemptively pardon them too
2) in many cases, including one that you have a particular interest in, not only did these people do nothing wrong, but they were acting with the utmost patriotism
It's silly to issue a pardon on non crimes just because someone might fabricate bogus charges. The same applies even when this nonsense is spewed on social media. In Hunter's case however, actual charges were brought.
So are you saying Joe was wrong? Sounds like Hunter should have just sucked it up because others don't have what he's got? I admit to being high, but am I missing something?
Rachel...hoping you have influence/connections. Biden needs to pardon many more. He also needs to order FBI background checks on all of Trump's nominees. The country is running out of time and he needs act. I am tired of the Dems playing by the rules in a street fight!
Yep. Biden should issue pre-emptive pardons for anyone Trump might go after. They have no committed crimes, but that doesn't mean they won't fabricate some kind of investigation.
He’d better start preemptively pardoning a lot more people. Jack Smith & his team, for example. I doubt that they would ever be convicted, but why should they face hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees for doing their duty?
But I believe it does mean that they can’t be preemptively pardoned. I don’t believe there is such a thing. Not sure, but I don’t think there is a mechanism to protect those in peril from the incoming felon.
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Andy McCabe and I talk about it on today's episode of the Jack podcast. The thing is, Smith and his team didn't commit any crimes to pardon.
that misses the point, really. wether they did or did not, a blanket pardon will make it a moot point
You think that will stop Patel if he gets in through a recess appointment? You know the legalities much better than I do, but I think we’re in for truly dark days.
"why should they face hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees for doing their duty?
yes - trump etc are not after JUSTICE they are after VENGEANCE - and a long set of lawsuits and getting broken by personal legal bills is PERFECT revenge in their eyes
but what can Joe do about that?
we need to talk about this BEFORE he leaves office, reminding everyone that SCOTUS just granted the office of the president King-Like powers.
Yes, sadly just like election workers Ruby Freeman and Wandrea "Shaye" Moss and numerous other innocent people targeted by the former POTUS and his cronies. Musk has begun it again already publicly defaming government workers and endangering not only their reputations & freedom but also their lives
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Your husband is not guilty of any crime,
I feel the timing of this pardon strange. It's still so early. I think he has more up his sleeve.
I love that he and his brother were filmed by that documentary filmmaker whose name escapes me now.
Best to you and your family 💝✨
Why are you letting TRUMP set the moral bar?
All those people who participated in the first two impeachments. All those people who participated in the DOJ investigations.
Sending cyberhugs.
2) in many cases, including one that you have a particular interest in, not only did these people do nothing wrong, but they were acting with the utmost patriotism
This doesn't, however, take away the fact that the Preaident did the right thing for his son.
Pity he can do nothing for those you speak of.
It's a clown world but it is what it is
Andy McCabe and I talk about it on today's episode of the Jack podcast. The thing is, Smith and his team didn't commit any crimes to pardon.
that misses the point, really. wether they did or did not, a blanket pardon will make it a moot point
Then Kamala and Tim
yes - trump etc are not after JUSTICE they are after VENGEANCE - and a long set of lawsuits and getting broken by personal legal bills is PERFECT revenge in their eyes
a pardon moots all of that
we need to talk about this BEFORE he leaves office, reminding everyone that SCOTUS just granted the office of the president King-Like powers.