{"id":2375742,"date":"2024-12-02T22:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T03:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-says-biden-should-have-pardoned-trump-and-not-just-his-son-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T22:26:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T03:26:24","slug":"manchin-says-biden-should-have-pardoned-trump-and-not-just-his-son-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-says-biden-should-have-pardoned-trump-and-not-just-his-son-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin says Biden should have pardoned Trump and not just his son &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanchin-says-biden-should-have-pardoned-trump-and-not-just-his-son-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2375742&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Joe Manchin (I-WV) has expressed his belief \u2064that President Joe Biden should have\u2063 also pardoned Donald Trump alongside his clemency decision for his son, Hunter Biden. During an\u200c interview, Manchin acknowledged Biden&#8217;s \u2063action as a fatherly move in protecting his son from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-claimed-he-raped-her-after-he-ended-their-relationship-she-was-just-sentenced-to-32-months-in-jail-for-her-false-accusation\/\" title=\"She Claimed He Raped Her After He Ended Their Relationship. She Was Just Sentenced To 32 Months In Jail For Her False Accusation.\">lengthy prison sentence<\/a>. Though, he suggested that to create \u2063a more \u2063balanced approach, Biden\u200d should \u200bhave \u200bgranted a\u200d pardon to Trump, who is facing multiple\u200d legal challenges, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-smoking-out-political-retribution-by-prosecutors-in-trump-cases-speaker-johnson-says\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson accuses House GOP of uncovering &quot;political retribution&quot; in Trump cases\">recent guilty verdict<\/a> in a hush \u200cmoney case. Manchin&#8217;s comments highlight the ongoing\u2063 political controversy surrounding Biden&#8217;s pardoning decisions\u2064 and their implications for his legacy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Manchin says Biden should have pardoned Trump and not just his son<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1900894\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Manchin<\/a> (I-WV) said he wished President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> had extended an olive branch to President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> as controversy mounts over the Democrat&rsquo;s move to grant Hunter Biden clemency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After he was pressed on Joe Biden&rsquo;s decision to pardon his criminally convicted son, who was facing a potential 17-year prison sentence, Manchin on Monday said that he understood where the president was coming from as &ldquo;a father.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, the West Virginian senator added that he would have done one thing differently from the president: he would have added a pardon for Trump, too.&nbsp;The president-elect was involved in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3220788\/steve-scalise-calls-trump-criminal-cases-dropped-immediately\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">slew<\/a> of criminal cases and was found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3018093\/trump-guilty-in-manhattan-hush-money-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">guilty<\/a> by a 12-member jury in his criminal&nbsp;hush money&nbsp;case earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What I would have done differently, and my recommendations as a counselor would have been, why don&rsquo;t you go ahead and pardon Donald Trump for all his charges?&rdquo; Manchin told CNN&rsquo;s Manu Raju. &rdquo;Make it &hellip; a lot more balanced, if you will. I&rsquo;m just saying, wipe them out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dems criticize Joe Biden over pardoning his son. <br \/>Joe Manchin says it makes Biden&rsquo;s legacy &ldquo;more difficult&rdquo; and says Biden should have also pardoned Trump to be more balanced.<br \/>&ldquo;Wipe them all out,&rdquo; he told me <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kbXHW4i6mO\">pic.twitter.com\/kbXHW4i6mO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1863710512833314845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Manchin cemented his maverick status as a Democratic lawmaker in the upper chamber for decades before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3024128\/joe-manchin-leaves-democratic-party-and-registers-as-independent-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announcing<\/a> that he was leaving his party to become an independent this year. Saying, at the time, that his decision came because &ldquo;our national politics are broken, and neither party is willing to compromise to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/md-gov-hogan-urges-biden-lawmakers-to-work-together-on-covid-19-relief-legislation\/\" title=\"Md. Gov. Hogan urges Biden, lawmakers to work together on COVID-19 relief legislation\">find common ground<\/a>.&rdquo; Manchin&rsquo;s move came after often criticizing the president&rsquo;s &ldquo;radical social and environmental agenda&rdquo; and the White House&rsquo;s energy policies.<\/p>\n<p>The West Virginian lawmaker declined to endorse the president after he announced a bid for a second term last year. When Joe Biden dropped out of the race, and Vice President Kamala Harris took up his mantle at the top of the Democratic ticket, Manchin also refused to back his No. 2. After Harris suffered a bruising defeat to Trump during the election earlier this month, Manchin said the Republican had won the race because the Democratic Party had <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">abandoned working-class voters<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They forgot them. The party over the years, they&rsquo;ve moved from there, spending more time and effort helping those who are able-bodied but don&rsquo;t or won&rsquo;t work,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With Joe Biden turning over the keys to the Oval Office to Trump instead of his appointed successor, he now has under two months to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3223332\/biden-lame-duck-presidency-shape-legacy-finish-to-do-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cement<\/a> his legacy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on what the president&rsquo;s move to pardon Hunter Biden did &ldquo;for his legacy,&rdquo; Manchin said he wasn&rsquo;t sure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know from that standpoint &mdash; it makes it difficult,&rdquo; he said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides of the aisle have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3247631\/democrats-rebuke-biden-pardon-hunter-improper-use-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">criticized<\/a> Biden for going back on his promise not to pardon his son.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several of Manchin&rsquo;s colleagues in the upper chamber voiced disappointment with the president&rsquo;s move.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Biden&rsquo;s decision to pardon his son was wrong,&rdquo; said Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) on Monday. &ldquo;A president&rsquo;s family and allies shouldn&rsquo;t get special treatment. This was an improper use of power, it erodes trust in our government, and it emboldens others to bend justice to suit their interests.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1900894\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1900894\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchin believes Biden should have pardoned Trump too<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2375743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joe-Manchin.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,4426,12737,3634],"class_list":["post-2375742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-manchin","tag-pardon","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Joe-Manchin.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375746,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375742\/revisions\/2375746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}