“The View” co-host Alyssa Farrah Griffin on Tuesday clearly irritated her fellow panelists by claiming former President Joe Biden’s last-minute family pardons “set a dangerous precedent.” I set it.
On Monday, with minutes left in his term as president, before President Donald Trump took the oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda, Biden pardoned five family members. Griffin’s co-hosts claimed the current former president took this action to protect his family from so-called “dangerous individuals.”
“What I’m concerned about is a precedent being set, because I think Biden is putting himself on this particular moral high ground and setting a very dangerous precedent.” said Griffin. (Related: Former Biden administration official calls last-minute family pardons ‘unfortunate action’)
“For a very dangerous man,” interjected co-host Sunny Hostin.
“Yes, this allows the man to basically give a blanket pardon to anyone who committed a crime,” Griffin continued.
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Hostin and co-host Ana Navarro both argued that Trump would have granted blanket pardons to allies regardless of whether Biden pardoned his family. Griffin said the pardon was too broad because Trump has never publicly talked about prosecuting many of his pardoned predecessor’s family members.
“I’ve never heard Donald Trump say Valerie Biden’s name. This feels too broad to me,” Griffin said. “Hunter, I think it’s debatable whether he was after you or not, but he wasn’t. This is your spouse. [and] Brothers. ”
“Oh, I think he has enough vengeance to do that,” Hostin interjected.
biden forgiven his brothers Frank and James, sister Valerie, and in-laws Sarah Biden and John Owens. Mr. James has ties to overseas business with the former president’s son Hunter and the now-defunct energy company Burisma, while Mr. Frank used his brother’s 2021 inauguration to move to Florida in connection with a lawsuit against sugar farmers. advertised a law firm.
In December, the current president pardoned Hunter from all crimes committed between January 1, 2014 and December 1, 2024. A Delaware jury in June convicted Hunter of illegally purchasing a gun while under the influence of drugs and making false statements on the purchase form. . Hunter also faced nine tax charges in California for failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019.
Hours before leaving office, Biden also pardoned former White House senior medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and members of the Jan. 6 task force. On Friday, he commuted the sentences of 2,500 people convicted of violent crimes. Among them were two men who were involved in the death of a police officer.
President Trump signed an executive order Monday night granting “full, complete and unconditional pardons” to an estimated 1,500 defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, protests at the Capitol. The president told reporters in the Oval Office that Biden’s last-minute pardon made it seem like the family was guilty.
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