@jordanlundM to politics • edit-21 month agoBiden pardons his family in final minutes in officewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square96arrow-up1401arrow-down18file-textcross-posted to: economy
arrow-up1393arrow-down1external-linkBiden pardons his family in final minutes in officewww.cnbc.com@jordanlundM to politics • edit-21 month agomessage-square96file-textcross-posted to: economy
No further info in the article as it’s breaking news. NBC broke into the inauguration to announce it. Biden pardoned his entire family and their spouses as Trump directly threatened all of them.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 month agoSo basically it just sets the statue of limitations of everything to 0? So if we find out one of these people raped someone at some point before this pardon, there will be no justice?
minus-square@TheBeegelink5•1 month agoPresidential pardons are only for federal crimes. Rape is likely a state crime. I haven’t checked
minus-square@Cornelius_Wangenheimlink2•1 month agoThe pardons were specifically for non-violent crimes.
So basically it just sets the statue of limitations of everything to 0?
So if we find out one of these people raped someone at some point before this pardon, there will be no justice?
Presidential pardons are only for federal crimes. Rape is likely a state crime. I haven’t checked
The pardons were specifically for non-violent crimes.