Why is Biden about to pardon Garland, Cheney, Schiff, and Fauci?

[Carborendum]

Why?

[zil2]

Because a presidential pardon can pardon one from things for which one has not yet been charged.  I'm not sure it can pardon one from acts not yet committed, but it can give a free pass on things already done.  Or so I understand.  Perhaps @Just_A_Guy can correct me if I'm wrong...

Another way of saying that is: because they've all committed crimes, even if no one's ever charged or convicted them.

[Ironhold]

3 hours ago, zil2 said:

Because a presidential pardon can pardon one from things for which one has not yet been charged.  I'm not sure it can pardon one from acts not yet committed, but it can give a free pass on things already done.  Or so I understand.  Perhaps @Just_A_Guy can correct me if I'm wrong...

Another way of saying that is: because they've all committed crimes, even if no one's ever charged or convicted them.

The speculation I'm seeing is that Biden *knows* they've done some shady things which Trump may or may not try to weaponize once he's in office, and so he's giving them blanket pardons now in order to keep them "safe". 

[zil2]

45 minutes ago, Ironhold said:

The speculation I'm seeing is that Biden *knows* they've done some shady things which Trump may or may not try to weaponize once he's in office, and so he's giving them blanket pardons now in order to keep them "safe". 

Biden or whichever puppeteer is pulling his strings.  They know these folks committed crimes and they're giving them a free pass on said crimes.

[JohnsonJones]

I would assume it's because Trump has already declared that he wants to go after certain people.  Pardoning them makes it that much harder for one to imprison others for political purposes.

I've noticed that with Trump, what he accuses others of doing to him, is normally something he is all in favor of doing to others himself.  In this issue though, he has gone a step further and declared that he will jail anyone he thinks has been unscrupulous (with no definition of that, except basically his own opinion.  For example, he says the last election was stolen, and that those in Georgia didn't find the votes for him.  There were no votes for him to be found, but because they could not, they would, theoretically, be persecuted and possibly jailed because they refused to break the law for Trump).

Trumps comments during wisconsin campaigning

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“WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law, which will include long term prison sentences so that this Depravity of Justice does not happen again,” Trump wrote late Saturday, sowing doubt once more about the integrity of the election, even though cheating is incredibly rare.

“Please beware,” he went on, “that this legal exposure extends to Lawyers, Political Operatives, Donors, Illegal Voters, & Corrupt Election Officials. Those involved in unscrupulous behavior will be sought out, caught, and prosecuted at levels, unfortunately, never seen before in our Country.”

 

Trump threatens over 100 political opponents

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When right-wing radio host Glenn Beck asked Trump if he would lock up his opponents in a second term, Trump responded, "The answer is you have no choice because they're doing it to us."

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If Trump follows through on his stated plans in a second term, these experts said, his actions could endanger Americans' civil liberties and cause a chilling effect on criticism of the president. The threats he's made have already led some of his targets to prepare for the worst by saving money and considering whether to leave the country if Trump wins the election.

"This is how autocrats cement their permanent grip on power," said Ian Bassin, the executive director of the nonprofit group Protect Democracy, which advocates for protections against authoritarianism.

 

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He has also repeatedly targeted the prosecutors, judges and even courtroom staff connected to the prosecutions against him for alleged election interference, improperly holding classified documents and business fraud.

New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron "should be arrested and punished accordingly," Trump said at a rally in January. James successfully brought a civil fraud case against Trump, which Engoron presided over. Trump is appealing the judgment against him. He also reposted a message attacking a member of the Georgia grand jury that indicted him.

 

 

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In one instance, Trump suggested that Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in his administration, could face execution for calling officials in China to try and defuse tensions in the chaotic aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack.

"This is an act so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

So, I think it's probably because they believe Trump will go after people, not because they necessarily did a crime, but because Trump doesn't like something they did, or those who are advising him want retribution (rather than justice) on certain people.