Former Democratic Senator Urges Joe Biden To Pardon President Trump

Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) has called on Joe Biden to pardon President Trump for ‘balance.’

“I am just saying, wipe them out,” the former Democrat told CNN.

“Why don’t you go ahead and pardon Donald Trump for all his charges and make it, you know, it would have gone down a lot more balanced, if you will,” he added.

BREAKING: Sen. Joe Manchin has called on Biden to pardon President-elect Donald Trump. pic.twitter.com/zQOFaHGtn3

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) December 2, 2024

From the New York Post:

Biden, 82, claimed he decided to issue the sweeping pardon to his 54-year-old son, who earlier this year was convicted of federal gun charges and pleaded guilty to federal tax crimes, because Hunter was being “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted.”

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended the move and claimed so-called “war politics” had prompted Hunter’s legal woes.

Trump, 78, has similarly claimed that four criminal cases against him — for allegedly mishandling classified documents, attempting to overturn the 2020 election results, falsifying business records and interfering in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election — were politically motivated.

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The president-elect was charged in all four cases — two federal and two state — after announcing his 2024 White House bid.

“The president has to be the president for the next four years, fighting all these criminal [cases] and all this other stuff’s coming after him,” Manchin said, according to the New York Post.

“Just clean that slate up,” he added.

Sen. Joe Manchin calls on Biden to pardon Trump too after prez’s shocking Hunter move: ‘Clean that slate up’ https://t.co/y0rRXbwX7k pic.twitter.com/FdL4aXnGHK

— New York Post (@nypost) December 2, 2024

Per American Greatness:

According to CNN, Jill Biden was a strong force behind the decision to pardon Hunter.

“We were told, really in recent weeks that Dr. Jill Biden, First Lady Jill Biden was very supportive of the president doing something like this because the president was not sure,” CNN National Affairs correspondent Jeff Zekeny reported Monday afternoon.

Most conservatives believe however that Biden always intended to pardon Hunter, the only question was the timing.

“From the day I took office, I said I would not interfere with the Justice Department’s decision-making, and I kept my word even as I have watched my son being selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted,” Biden wrote.

“Without aggravating factors like use in a crime, multiple purchases, or buying a weapon as a straw purchaser, people are almost never brought to trial on felony charges solely for how they filled out a gun form,” he continued.

“It is clear that Hunter was treated differently,” he added.

“Here’s the truth: I believe in the justice system, but as I have wrestled with this, I also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice – and once I made this decision this weekend, there was no sense in delaying it further. I hope Americans will understand why a father and a President would come to this decision,” the statement concluded.

Read the full statement:

If I were Biden, I’d pardon my son, too.

I mean, come on. He has the power to keep his own son out of jail. Of course he’s going to do it.

100% guilty, obviously. pic.twitter.com/8wAUGVjPP3

— Max (@MaxNordau) December 2, 2024

A closer look:

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