Official Biden Pardons Thread

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Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for Jan. 6 committee and witnesses, Anthony Fauci and Mark Milley

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jo...ey-fauci-jan-6-panel-members-polic-rcna188368

Jan. 20, 2025, 7:27 AM EST / Updated Jan. 20, 2025, 9:05 AM EST

By Rebecca Shabad

WASHINGTON — With just hours remaining in office, President Joe Biden issued a slew of pardons Monday morning to pre-emptively protect people President-elect Donald Trump had threatened.

Biden pardoned former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, members and staff of the committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before that committee.

The panel’s members included Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who was then a House member; former Reps. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Elaine Luria, D-Va., and Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla.; and current Reps. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
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https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-joe-bidens-last-minute-pardons-marcus-garvey-2017376

What To Know

"These clemency recipients have each made significant contributions to improving their communities," Biden said in a statement released by the White House. He emphasized that the individuals pardoned had shown exemplary rehabilitation or, in Garvey's case, symbolized a broader societal reckoning​​.

The full list of individuals granted clemency includes:

  • Anthony Fauci: Fauci was director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Disease during the COVID pandemic in Trump's first administration. He was the target of right-wing criticism over his stance on vaccines and the origin of the pandemic.
  • Mark Milley: Milley was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Trump's first presidency. He has said Trump is a fascist and a "wannabe dictator."
  • Members and staff of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol: Lawmakers involved in the final report were: chair Bennie G. Thompson D-MS), vice chair Liz Cheney (D-WY), Zoe Lofgren D-CA, Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Pete Aguilar California (D-CA), Stephanie N. murphy (D-FL), Jamie Raskin (D-MD) Elaine G. Luria (d-VA) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL).
  • Marcus Mosiah Garvey: Garvey's 1923 mail fraud conviction led to his imprisonment and eventual deportation. Advocates have long argued that the case was driven by political motives aimed at silencing his activism. Biden's pardon acknowledges this historical injustice.
  • Ravidath "Ravi" Ragbir: Convicted in 2001, Ragbir is now a well-known advocate for immigrant and faith communities. His conviction was for a non-violent offense, but he was sentenced to two years and six months in prison. Since his release, Ragbir "has advocated for vulnerable immigrant communities and families in New York and New Jersey," according to the White House.
  • Don Leonard Scott, Jr.: Scott was previously convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994, and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, according to the White House. After his release, he has worked as an attorney and went on to be elected to the Virginia state legislature in 2019. He became the first Black speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 2024.
  • Kemba Smith Pradia: Pradia was convicted of a non-violent drug offense in 1994 and was sentenced to 24 years in prison. She has become is a criminal justice advocate, and former President Bill Clinton commuted her sentence in 2000.
  • Darryl Chambers: Convicted in 1998 of a non-violent drug offense, Chambers was sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment. Chambers founded the Center for Structural Equity and is also the executive director of the Youth Empowered to Strive and Succeed Program.

Biden previously controversially pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, last month after previously insisting he would never take such action. Hunter was set to be sentenced in two separate criminal cases: a felony gun charge and federal tax fraud. The president's son was convicted of three separate felony charges related to the 2018 purchase of a revolver in June 2024. He also admitted nine tax evasion charges in September.
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The Biden pardons help Trump too, let's be honest.

Fauci worked for him first.
Trump brags about Warp Speed.
The emergency orders started under Trump are still in effect, and will likely remain in effect during his entire term.
Trump encouraged the J 6'ers, some of whom, per my understanding are still in jail.

These people can only be prosecuted now with some legal gymnastics in the court system on a timeline that would exceed the insouciant American's attention span.

Trump gets a free pass to ignore it.

There's some 3d chess at play, but the game is against his supporters. Trump is indistinguishable from the deep state he pretends to fight.
 
In case someone tells you Burdick v. United States set a precedent for pardons of unknown and unspecified crimes:

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/236/79/

Looks like they didn’t rule on the unknown crimes part:
It is hence contended by Burdick that the pardon is illegal for the absence of specification, not reciting the offenses upon which it is intended to operate — worthless therefore as immunity. To support the contention, cases are cited. It is asserted besides that the pardon is void as being outside of the power of the President under the Constitution of the United States because it was issued before accusation or conviction or admission of an offense. This, it is insisted, is precluded by the constitutional provision which gives power only “to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States,” and it is argued, in effect, that not in the imagination or purpose of executive magistracy can an “offense against the United States” be established, but only by the confession of the offending individual or the judgment of the judicial tribunals. We do not dwell further on the attack. We prefer to place the case on the ground we have stated.
 
Generally surprised Fani Willis and Jack Smith didn't get a pardon. I guess peons like them weren't good enough.
 
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