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"Void and vacant": Trump says Biden pardons are nullified

Mar 17, 2025 View Original Article
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    10% Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -42% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The White House danced around what Trump was stating plainly in his post when confronted by reporters on Monday.
26% : "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," Trump wrote.
19% : On Sunday night, Trump declared last-minute pardons of members of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack issued by former President Joe Biden to be "void, vacant and of no further force of effect" in a post to Truth Social.
9% : " Trump accused the committee members of drafting and signing the pardons without Biden's knowledge in his post to Truth Social.
5% : Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said Trump was "begging the question" on whether Biden was "cognitively impaired," never looking directly at the fact that Trump was attempting to overturn pardons.

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