Trump recently commented on the fact that of all the pardons issued by Biden, he didn’t pardon himself. Or did he?
CNN’s Jake Tapper was talking to NY Times journalist Maggie Haberman this week and casually suggested that it’s possible Joe Biden secretly pardoned himself before leaving office. That sounds like kind of a big deal, if true.
Wouldn’t it be nice if journalists actually did their jobs and found out if this happened?
RedState has details:
CNN anchor Jake Tapper is raising some eyebrows by speculating that there is a possibility former President Joe Biden may have issued a pardon no one knows about.
Tapper brought up the issue during an interview with New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on CNN’s “The Lead” on Friday. He began by playing a clip from Wednesday, which has some leftists on edge, in which President Trump pointed out to Fox News host Sean Hannity that Biden didn’t deliver perhaps the most important pardon – his own…
“Although it is possible, we don’t know, but it is always possible for a president to pardon somebody and not announce it,” Tapper said, hypothesizing.
Haberman replied, “That’s true. That’s true.”
“I mean, so it’s possible Joe Biden pardoned himself, and we just don’t know about it,” Tapper said, while concluding the segment. “Who knows? Joe Biden set a lot of precedents on his way out the door.”
Here’s the video clip:
WATCH: CNN’s Jake Tapper: “It’s always possible for a President to pardon somebody and not announce it. It’s possible Joe Biden pardoned himself and we just don’t know about it. Who knows? Joe Biden set a lot of precedents on his way out the door.” pic.twitter.com/c0UQ42Q7iO
— TV News Now (@TVNewsNow) January 26, 2025
If it’s true that Joe Biden did this, we will probably find out eventually. Would anyone really be surprised at this point?
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