Biden family’s farewell pardons send ‘terrible message’, former Obama spokeswoman says
Obama’s former spokesman joins a bipartisan chorus of critics calling out the former President Biden for pardoning his family members a few moments before leaving duty.
“Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his family sends a terrible message to the world,” said Tommy Vietor on “Jesse Watters Primetime” Wednesday.
“I think the president’s pardon power is too broad. I would like to see Congress come together and pass a constitutional amendment that says you can’t pardon yourself, you can’t pardon your family, you can’t pardon your staff.”
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As the nation prepared for the inauguration of President Donald Trump, President Biden pardoned his brothers and sisters just a few minutes before leaving the office on Monday.
The pardon applies to James Biden, Sarah Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John Owens and Francis Biden, the White House announced. The president claimed that his family could be the subject of “politically motivated investigations” after he leaves office.
issued by Biden another wave of preventive pardons earlier Monday morning, those who go to Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and persons associated with the House Select Committee’s investigation of January 6th.
While Biden’s late-term pardons have proven to be some of his most controversial actions as president, particularly the pardon for his son Hunter Biden, Vietor acknowledged that the Democratic Party has had a “tough cycle.”
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“The Democratic Party has had a rough cycle,” he told host Jesse Watters. “Democrats are bad. We need a new generation of leaders. We need to tell people who we are and what we stand for.”
As Trump moves into action after taking office, Vietor warned Republicans, “Now is the time to shut up or delay.”
Anders Hagstrom of Fox News contributed to this report.
