Bill Clinton expressed public misgivings about Joe Biden’s handling of his son’s pardon Wednesday–as he delivered a blunt assessment of why Democrats lost the election. “I wish he hadn’t said he wasn’t going to do it.
Representative Brendan Boyle said Democrats need to "act with urgency" to prevent retribution from the incoming administration.
Top Democratic lawmakers and activists alike are calling on the Biden administration to ignore a federal injunction and continue wiping out student loan debt before its tenure comes to a close.
The former president, speaking at the DealBook Summit, suggested that he understood the move but that he wished President Biden “hadn’t said he wasn’t going to do it.”
Barbara McQuade, a former federal prosecutor and U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan during the Barack Obama administration, said the Constitution is "silent" regarding presidential self-pardoning, and whether it would be allowed has never been tested in the courts.
Trump's attorneys said President Biden's statement that his son had been "selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted" also applies to the president-elect.
Massachusetts delegates are raising concerns about the consequences of Joe Biden's decision to pardon his son.
During his five days on the Massachusetts island, with its picturesque wood shingle homes and sea-shelled beaches, the 82-year-old Biden was still dealing with questions of his legacy. He returned to Washington late Saturday and will leave for Angola the next day for his only visit to Africa as president.
Leave the damage Biden has done to the U.S. — the massive migrant influx, the decline in the standard of living for millions of people, and the chaos abroad — for another day. Right now, a new analysis shows the damage Biden has done to his party, and it is immense.