{"id":2440912,"date":"2025-05-30T11:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gave-trump-green-light-for-pardon-blitz-allies-say\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:40:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:40:26","slug":"biden-gave-trump-green-light-for-pardon-blitz-allies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gave-trump-green-light-for-pardon-blitz-allies-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden gave Trump &#8216;green light&#8217; for pardon blitz, allies say"},"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\">20<\/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-gave-trump-green-light-for-pardon-blitz-allies-say%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=2440912&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>teh article discusses recent clemency actions by former President Donald Trump, who, following a period of criticism regarding his pardons, has accelerated his use of the pardon power. Trump&#8217;s supporters claim that these actions are justified by the last<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ed-martin-says-doj-will-review-bidens-last-minute-pardons-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ed Martin says DOJ will review Biden\u2019s last-minute ... - Washington Examiner\">-minute pardons issued<\/a> by his predecessor, Joe Biden, who controversially pardoned several family members and political allies before leaving office. Trump has also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recently granted numerous pardons<\/a> and commutations to various individuals, including pop culture figures and supporters involved in the January 6 capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s pardons have been framed by some Republican strategists as setting a precedent that allows Trump to issue clemency more liberally than past presidents. They argue that Biden&#8217;s decisions have opened the door for Trump to act without fear of repercussions. Critics express concern that the normalization of presidential pardons, especially for nonviolent crimes, coudl diminish the seriousness of criminal behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights differing viewpoints on the impact of these clemency actions, with some Republicans defending Trump&#8217;s authority and accusing media bias against his decisions, while Democrats and legal experts raise alarms regarding the implications of such pardons for crime and governance. The Department of Justice responded to criticism by referencing Biden&#8217;s pardons as part of a broader argument to justify Trump&#8217;s actions.  <\/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\">Biden gave Trump the &lsquo;green light&rsquo; for pardon blitz, allies say<\/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_2074624\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s supporters are pointing to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">predecessor<\/a>&lsquo;s last-minute blanket <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pardons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pardons<\/a> as justification for the steady stream of clemency actions now coming from the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitution grants every president pardon powers, but they are traditionally centered on specific criminal justice initiatives or, in more controversial cases, reserved for a president&rsquo;s final days in office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3426480\/trump-says-china-violated-temporary-trade-agreement-so-much-for-being-mr-nice-guy\/\">Trump says China violated temporary trade agreement: &#8216;So much for being Mr. NICE GUY&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3426403\/fbi-investigating-impersonation-susie-wiles\/\">FBI investigating messages sent to politicians from someone impersonating Susie Wiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3423898\/one-year-after-hush-money-conviction-trump-battles-lawfare\/\">One year after his hush money conviction in New York, Trump battles lawfare<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On his way out the door, former President Joe Biden issued a full and non-time-restricted pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, despite vowing not to do so earlier in his term, as well as to his siblings &mdash;&nbsp;James, Francis, and Valerie Biden &mdash; and their spouses. Biden also issued preemptive pardons for Trump&rsquo;s perceived political enemies, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, and several House Jan. 6 committee members. At the time, Trump called Biden&rsquo;s pardons for family members &ldquo;disgraceful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump similarly issued pardons before the end of his first term, including for close allies such as Charles Kushner, his son-in-law&rsquo;s father. However, in his second term, Trump has issued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/pardon\/clemency-grants-president-donald-j-trump-2025-present\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dozens of pardons<\/a> at an early and fast clip, many of them for his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>This week alone, Trump granted 19 pardons and eight commutations for various offenses. His clemency actions extended relief to reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, former Republican New York Rep. Michael Grimm, rapper NBA YoungBoy, and former Army Lt. Mark Bashaw, who was convicted in 2022 for disobeying COVID-19 mandates, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Trump issued pardons to several of his supporters claiming to be victims of a weaponized Justice Department, such as Grimm. The list included allies with financial or political ties, and, of course, the roughly 1,600 Trump supporters convicted in relation to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No MAGA left behind,&rdquo; commented Ed Martin, Trump&rsquo;s pardon attorney at the DOJ, following the latest slate of pardons and commutations announced by the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the criticism Trump has received for the clemency actions, four Republican veteran strategists with close ties to the White House and one Democratic operative said Biden&rsquo;s actions cleared the way for Trump to break precedent with past White Houses.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, Joe Biden gave President Trump the green light here, OK?&rdquo; one GOP operative who worked on Trump&rsquo;s presidential campaigns told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>&ldquo;Where the hell was the outrage when Sleepy Joe was pardoning members of the Biden crime family? Where was the media when Joe decided to grant pardons for Liz Cheney over crimes he claims never even happened?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The gang leader concerns me. We should not be loosening our stance on crime, but this is fully within the president&rsquo;s legal authority,&rdquo; a second Republican campaign strategist said, referring to the clemency Trump granted to Larry Hoover, the notorious founder of Chicago&rsquo;s Gangster Disciples.<\/p>\n<p>The gang boasted 30,000 members in Chicago and operated a $100 million national drug trafficking ring in the 1980s and 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s a little strange the media is up in arms over this, considering the corruption on display with Biden&rsquo;s autopen pardons,&rdquo; the Republican campaign strategist added.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic strategist told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that the Biden team&rsquo;s behavior in office, including his controversial pardons and an alleged cover-up of his mental decline by White House aides, &ldquo;took all the guardrails off for Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a man who &mdash; even after being impeached twice, even after being convicted dozens of times &mdash; still acts like he could walk down 5th Avenue, shoot someone, and there&rsquo;d be literally no consequences,&rdquo; the strategist suggested, referencing comments Trump made during his 2016 campaign for the White House. &ldquo;It was incredibly irresponsible for the supposed &lsquo;adults in the room&rsquo; to act in a way that basically told Trump, &lsquo;You&rsquo;re the president. Do whatever you want.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Barbara McQuade, a University of Michigan law professor and former U.S. attorney during the Obama administration, told the <em>New York Times<\/em> that Trump&rsquo;s pardons to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-number-of-front-line-health-care-workers-refusing-covid-19-vaccine\/\" title=\"Shocking Number of Front Line Health Care Workers Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine\">public officials<\/a> or other white-collar criminals convicted of fraud, tax evasion, and other breaches of trust are likely to have the effect of normalizing nonviolent crimes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Of course, stealing by fraud is still stealing,&rdquo; she explained. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just that this is the way rich people do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3425631\/white-house-maha-report-to-be-revised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE SAYS MAHA REPORT WILL BE &lsquo;REVISED&rsquo; FOLLOWING DISCOVERY OF MULTIPLE CITATION ERRORS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>White House officials declined to comment on the timing or rationale behind Trump&rsquo;s blitz of clemency actions.<\/p>\n<p>DOJ spokesman Chad Gilmartin, responding to the criticism, wrote in a statement on X that &ldquo;Joe Biden gave his son a blanket pardon for any federal crime committed over the course of a decade.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><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_2074624\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2074624\"}});<\/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>Biden&#8217;s pardons give Trump a &#8216;green light&#8217; for clemency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2440913,"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\/2025\/05\/trump-pardon.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8066,3620,51796,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2440912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-allies","tag-biden","tag-pardon-2","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/trump-pardon.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440912","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440912"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440916,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440912\/revisions\/2440916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}