Trump raises eyebrows noting Joe Biden didnt pardon himself and it all had to do with him
WASHINGTON — President Trump generated intrigue Wednesday by noting that former President Joe Biden didn’t pardon himself as he left office, despite pardoning his siblings and their spouses to head off further inquiries into the family’s business dealings.“This guy went around giving everybody pardons,” Trump, 78, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in his first TV interview since reclaiming power.“And you know what the funny thing, maybe the sad thing, is he didn’t give himself a pardon.And you if look at it, it all had to do with him,” the 47th president added, potentially leaving the door open to future prosecutions.Biden, 82, issued pardons minutes before leaving office Monday to his brothers James and Frank Biden and his sister Valerie Owens, as well as to the spouses of James and Valerie.The now-former president said in his final days in office that he wouldn’t be pardoning himself because “I didn’t do anything wrong,” though he had said the same of his family members.“The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that they engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense,” his statement read.James Biden, 75, for decades leveraged his brother’s powerful roles as a senator and vice president to lure domestic and international business — in many cases partnering with Joe’s son Hunter, 54, whom the outgoing president pardoned on Dec.
1 as he awaited sentencing for gun and tax crimes.It’s unclear if Joe Biden’s role in foreign dealings will be investigated by the Trump Justice Department, though some theoretical offenses, such as possible infractions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, have a five-year statute of limitations and would not be chargeable.It’s rare for a former president to face a criminal investigation or charges — however, Biden’s Justice Department in 2023 indicted Trump in a pair of cases after his first term for alle...