Should Biden Pardon Trump’s Critics? Former G.W. Bush Official Makes the Case | Amanpour and Company

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @Naptime2013
    @Naptime2013 21 час назад +31

    Don’t make the mistake of underestimating trump’s insanity. Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger, Romney, anybody that voted for impeachment should be given blanket pardons.

    • @Matthew-rz3io
      @Matthew-rz3io 20 часов назад

      Why shouldn’t Trump use his new found power to destroy his political opponents? Clearly the last four years Democrats used their power in an attempt to destroy Trump…..but failed.
      Trump will make someone the example.

    • @ohallright2021
      @ohallright2021 5 часов назад +1

      And more. Government workers merit a one-time million dollar severance benefit and pardons as well.

    • @KarenMiele
      @KarenMiele Час назад

      They wouldn’t need a pardon if they haven’t done anything wrong. So you’re saying that they have done something illegal.😮

    • @ohallright2021
      @ohallright2021 58 минут назад

      ​@@KarenMiele That's certainly the default perception. However, when a tyrant - emerging or already installed - weaponizes legal machinery, shielding potential victims from that machinery is a valid action until such time as the ability to persecute someone with a law (e.g., requiring accurate of jelly beans in a jar, paying a notary to verify a signature) is removed.

  • @Rnankn
    @Rnankn 22 часа назад +27

    Democrats need to be clear-eyed about their opponents, and start using power when and where they have it.

    • @Matthew-rz3io
      @Matthew-rz3io 20 часов назад +2

      Where do Democrats have power?

    • @websitemartian
      @websitemartian 14 часов назад +2

      🤣 this is just liberal coping after hyperventilating before the election

    • @buzoff4642
      @buzoff4642 10 часов назад

      The two parties have. They gerrymandered the voting processes, along with the districts. The general public, converting to party affiliation Independent.
      The public voted 3rd party, the Trump party.

    • @ohallright2021
      @ohallright2021 47 минут назад

      @@websitemartian From a supporter of J6?

  • @rodneyzurek4900
    @rodneyzurek4900 22 часа назад +16

    Listen to the man,people!,

  • @TennesseeJed
    @TennesseeJed 23 часа назад +17

    Sometimes taking the "high" road makes you an easy target.

    • @buzoff4642
      @buzoff4642 10 часов назад +3

      Larry Ellison to Steve Jobs: "The moral high ground is the most expensive real estate on the planet."
      I'm sure like most of the credentialed "Oh no!" media parade, their regret in building the downhill road we're on, is too little, too late.

    • @TennesseeJed
      @TennesseeJed 10 часов назад +2

      @buzoff4642 Hear, hear! Very sad the slide we're on.

    • @buzoff4642
      @buzoff4642 9 часов назад

      @@TennesseeJed It wasn't without cooperation by the public. Who ignored forewarners Perot and Nader, and by the time Sanders put his name on the ballot, too late to overcome process gerrymander: Independents can't vote in many states' primaries.
      "All aboard!" the ship of fools, the yacht club officially running the show. Yeah, that'll work.

  • @lindaolsen593
    @lindaolsen593 2 часа назад +2

    Do it. Stop him. He is a national threat

  • @deborahterrell4679
    @deborahterrell4679 2 часа назад +1

    Its so frustrating this man was even able to run again. Shame America

  • @Dog.soldier1950
    @Dog.soldier1950 22 часа назад +4

    Marshaling the legal system against your political enemy is bound to have unpleasant repercussions. So its no surprise that those involved in this effort are nervous

    • @Matthew-rz3io
      @Matthew-rz3io 20 часов назад

      Are an of Trump’s political enemies without sin……? Will they have to answer?

  • @danm925
    @danm925 23 часа назад +15

    The answer is no. A pardon is an admission of guilt to a crime. Criticizing a political figure is legally protected free speech. If Trump goes after his critics then he will be the one breaking the law.

    • @Naptime2013
      @Naptime2013 21 час назад

      If a pardon meant that I didn’t have to go into debt defending myself in court due to a dubious charge? Didn’t Trump use the irs to go after comey? He is a dictator in the making. Norms don’t apply. ‘

    • @dianagross8784
      @dianagross8784 21 час назад +8

      As if he cares about breaking the law

    • @Matthew-rz3io
      @Matthew-rz3io 20 часов назад

      Are his political enemies without sin? Can their crimes be brought into the light?

    • @vanpham1751
      @vanpham1751 19 часов назад +1

      I agree! Accepting a pardon means acknowledging guilt.
      All of us need to hold the line together and resist Trump’s unjust, lawless agendas.
      Courage will set us free!!!

    • @Matthew-rz3io
      @Matthew-rz3io 18 часов назад

      @ Pardon has to be accepted, if it’s rejected what would that imply?

  • @brintjustiss1072
    @brintjustiss1072 22 часа назад +3

    I think that in shutting down this phenomenon, we the people need to push the federal legislators to hold an impeachment hearing under the the 14th Amendment that bars an Insurrectionist from ever holding office again. The Congress needs to represent the people and impeach Trump once he is sworn in on January 20th

    • @Dog.soldier1950
      @Dog.soldier1950 22 часа назад

      You lost the election, in part, for this very reason. Your a slow learner

    • @Matthew-rz3io
      @Matthew-rz3io 20 часов назад

      That was truly the most ignorant statement ever posted. Republicans controlled the House of Representatives, Senate and the White House.
      Are you a foreigner?

    • @buzoff4642
      @buzoff4642 10 часов назад

      The Trump party, instantiated in 2016 with R realignment, will not be holding any ethical stance.

  • @Makmurf
    @Makmurf 23 часа назад +12

    How does he pardon someone when they haven’t been brought before a justice system yet?

    • @mattalley4330
      @mattalley4330 23 часа назад +11

      The idea of a preemptive pardon may sound odd but it’s been done before

    • @ELL289
      @ELL289 23 часа назад +5

      I had that question too. Good to know there is a preemptive option.

    • @fourroadsnorth2723
      @fourroadsnorth2723 23 часа назад +1

      @@mattalley4330 Thanks!

    • @gayleroberts9765
      @gayleroberts9765 23 часа назад +9

      Ford pardoned Nixon.

    • @jackruby1229
      @jackruby1229 23 часа назад

      Nixon had not been charged with nor convicted of any crimes (other than being listed as an "unindicted co-conspirator") when Ford pardoned him in 1974. Nixon accepted the pardon.

  • @abbiejoliec3133
    @abbiejoliec3133 23 часа назад +2

    Yes!

  • @TheMaui2020
    @TheMaui2020 18 часов назад

    BAD IDEA! Accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt.

  • @thomasw.5344
    @thomasw.5344 23 часа назад +3

    What if he orders a state AG or prosecutor to go after them? What about IRS audits?

    • @Matthew-rz3io
      @Matthew-rz3io 20 часов назад +1

      Then we will find out if Trump’s political enemies are without sin?

    • @lindaolsen593
      @lindaolsen593 2 часа назад

      Stop him right.

  • @Matthew-rz3io
    @Matthew-rz3io 20 часов назад +2

    If the State Governors choose not allow Trump use the National Guard then Trump has the power to NOT fund State National Guard.

  • @ruthwolfer4154
    @ruthwolfer4154 21 час назад +1

    Agree !

  • @krggallagher8200
    @krggallagher8200 3 часа назад +1

    Ask Merrick Garland for advice on how to prosecute political enemies..he has a lot if experience over the last 4 years

  • @suratiivey9142
    @suratiivey9142 20 часов назад +2

    How can Biden give pardons ahead of time to Trumps critics, when there has been no charge ?

    • @ThePonderinglife
      @ThePonderinglife 17 часов назад +1

      Pardons can be announced before any investigations or charges have taken place. They also don't need to be made public. I think Biden should pardon everyone Trump might go after out of revenge. The pardon doesn't have to be made public unless it is needed.

    • @xchopp
      @xchopp Час назад

      ​@@ThePonderinglife Thanks for the answer. Can you point us at the U S. code that lays this out? I'd always assumed a pardon could only be granted post-conviction. TIA.

  • @krggallagher8200
    @krggallagher8200 3 часа назад

    If tgey did nothing wrong..what are they worried about?..

  • @davidzabronsky459
    @davidzabronsky459 23 часа назад +4

    You’re as out of touch as your bow tie 😂🥴😂🥴😂🤮🤔🤔

  • @nclark02194285
    @nclark02194285 5 часов назад

    Claiming that Democratic "self-restraint" is the culprit here is beyond hilarious. Even if you ignore all the blatantly partisan and probably illegal measures taken on the liberal side, the trick would have been to simply ignore the "phenomenon" of MAGA and stop giving credit where incompetence obviously rules. Report the facts, not the figurehead.

  • @Matthew-rz3io
    @Matthew-rz3io 20 часов назад +1

    If the State Governors choose not allow Trump use the National Guard then Trump has the power to NOT fund State National Guard.