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Donald Trump grumbled that he’s unable to “go after” the members of the House select committee that investigated the events surrounding the January 6 riots because of Joe Biden’s preemptive pardon, which the former president said he issued to prevent his successor from prosecuting them.

Besides raging about his inability to exact retribution on the lawmakers who probed the attempted insurrection and his role in inciting the rioters, Trump also patted himself on the back for pardoning most of those convicted of crimes related to the Capitol attack.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 205 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

And people criticized this as paranoid and wrong when Biden did it…

Trump just blurts it out. No eyebrows even raised. Again, just imagine the outrage of Biden sat in that chair and said the same things.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 48 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If Obama did it, I'm positive we would have sitting congressional members calling for his execution for treason publicly.