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John Barrasso: reserving the right to object, I heard the Senator from Washington State say we are now 1 week into the Trump…

On the recordJanuary 28, 2025
reserving the right to object, I heard the Senator from Washington State say we are now 1 week into the Trump administration. I am very grateful we are now 1 week beyond the Biden administration. Democrats do not want a serious debate here about the use of Presidential pardon power. If they did want a serious conversation, they would talk about Joe Biden's pardons--over 8,000 of them. The previous President used his final days in office to grant clemency to 37 of 40 of the worst killers on death row. President Biden said time and time again, oh, he wouldn't pardon his son Hunter--oh no. Not only did he pardon Hunter for the crimes for which he had been convicted, he pardoned him for 10 years of his additional criminal activity, which has not yet been discovered. Then, minutes before leaving office on Inauguration Day, Joe Biden gave preemptive, blanket pardons to five more members of his own family. If they weren't guilty, why would they need or accept pardons? President Biden commuted the sentences of two men who killed a Sussex County police officer. President Biden also commuted the sentence of a killer who executed-- executed--two FBI agents in cold blood.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Jan 28, 2025

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