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President Trump says some of Joe Biden's pardons are 'null and void.' Who was pardoned?

Mar 18, 2025 View Original Article
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    50% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    75% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -13% Negative

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65% : Meanwhile, here is a recap of Biden's final pardons: Biden preemptively pardons Jan. 6 Committee, Anthony Fauci and family members The Select Committee, which Trump has taken to calling the "Unselect Committee" consists of: Trump pardons Jan. 6 defendants, has said Select Committee should go to jail Biden's pardons were followed up by Trump, coming into office the next day, who exercised his pardoning powers to extend clemency to nearly 1,600 people who were charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.
46% : Trump said on Air Force One that it would be up to a court of the pardons will hold.
33% : Trump has been an outspoken critic of Cheney and said she should "go to jail" along with the rest of the committee.
26% : In a late-night Truth Social post, Trump said, "The 'Pardons' that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT, because of the fact that they were done by Autopen."
19% : "Or were they being pardoned simply because they were the willing political soldier for Donald Trump when he incited an insurrection against the government?" At a White House briefing Monday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump is calling into question whether or not Biden actually authorized his pardons due to the use of an autopen.

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