{"id":2389025,"date":"2025-01-10T18:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T23:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-rules-out-pardoning-himself-before-he-leaves-white-house-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T18:57:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T23:57:59","slug":"biden-rules-out-pardoning-himself-before-he-leaves-white-house-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-rules-out-pardoning-himself-before-he-leaves-white-house-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden rules out pardoning himself before he leaves White House &#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\">26<\/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%2Fbiden-rules-out-pardoning-himself-before-he-leaves-white-house-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=2389025&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>the text appears to be \u200cpart of an HTML document that includes a button for reading more content, followed by some XML encoding and various blocks of HTML\u2063 code relating \u2064to mobile menu \u2063buttons\u2062 and \u200dsearch functionalities\u200c on a website. 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Why should I pardon myself? No, I have no contemplation of pardoning myself. I didn&rsquo;t do anything wrong,&rdquo; Biden told reporters Friday during impromptu remarks and a Q&amp;A session at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Biden confirmed he is considering issuing preemptive pardons in response to Trump&rsquo;s rhetoric and the people the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a> has nominated for important positions within his prospective administration.<\/p>\n<p>With 10 days remaining in his own administration, Biden reflected on his post-presidency plans after the White House announced Friday he would address the nation in a prime-time speech next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to be out of sight or out of mind,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden, too, was asked whether he regretted his decision to stand down as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee last summer, but he was adamant that he and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a> &ldquo;could have beaten Trump.&rdquo; Trump won last year&rsquo;s Electoral College and popular vote.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to be one who caused a party that wasn&rsquo;t unified to lose an election. And that&rsquo;s why I stepped aside. But I was confident she could win,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden spoke to pool reporters after remarks regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">economy<\/a> and last month&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">job numbers<\/a> in an appearance added to his schedule at the last minute following his promise to them earlier in the day he would answer non-California fire questions later.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe the economy I&rsquo;m leaving is the best in the world and stronger than ever for all Americans,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;So I think that&rsquo;s what we have. 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