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Title: Comey: Biden should consider pardoning Trump
Post by: mystery-ak on January 14, 2021, 02:59:06 pm
Comey: Biden should consider pardoning Trump
By Dominick Mastrangelo - 01/14/21 09:13 AM EST

Former FBI Director James Comey suggested President-elect Biden should consider pardoning President Trump if he faces criminal prosecution after leaving office.

"I don't know, he should at least consider it," Comey said during an interview with BBC Newsnight. "Donald Trump, he's not a genius, but he might figure out that if he accepts a pardon, that's an omission of guilt, the United States Supreme Court has said, so I don't know that he would accept a pardon."

Comey said that a potential pardon from Biden would help "as part of healing the country and getting us to a place where we can focus on things that are going to matter over the next four years."

"I think Joe Biden is going to have to at least consider it," he added.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534195-comey-biden-should-consider-pardoning-trump
Title: Re: Comey: Biden should consider pardoning Trump
Post by: deb on January 14, 2021, 03:01:26 pm
I’d be surprised if that happens.
Title: Re: Comey: Biden should consider pardoning Trump
Post by: skeeter on January 14, 2021, 03:05:37 pm
I’d be surprised if that happens.

Its just Comey posing, counting coup.