So we started out today with Biden pardoning a bunch of people and then Trump pardoning a bunch of people. It’s not how the pardon power is supposed to be used. But it’s the new reality in the rule-breaking days of Trump.
Biden had pardoned Dr. Fauci, General Milley, Liz Cheney and the other members of the January 6th Committee.
And then he pardoned members of his own family, including his two brothers, his sister and his sister’s husband, and one of his brother’s wives. These were all “preemptive” pardons in that none of them had been charged with a crime. They were just all people that Trump had threatened to prosecute, and even though it is extremely unlikely that any of them would have been convicted of anything — there is no evidence that any of them had committed any crimes — it avoids them having to endure investigations and lengthy periods of legal harassment, so it is “prophylactic” in that sense.
The only thing that sucks about it is that it gives conservatives more evidence to claim that Biden was part of a “crime” family and that these people did things that were wrong.
Then, about 12 hours later, Trump pardoned about 1500 people who had actually been convicted of offenses related to the January 6th insurrection.
I don’t even care anymore. If the voters of America cared, they wouldn’t have re-elected President Asshole. So while this is technically an injustice, in the long run it isn’t going to make any difference.
I mean, if there were justice in America, someone would have taken out the despicable Steven Miller by now.
So, now we live in a country in which we can expect that each succeeding presidential administration will take vengeance on the previous administration.
Swell.
Trump himself is, of course, fully insulated by the completely insane Trump v. United States decision.
Well, that one is in the books now. Nothing can be done about that one.
Now we’ll have to find out about the Trump administration the hard way: by living through it. Strap on your seatbelts kids, because you’re going to need them.