Bernie Sanders says Biden’s pardons can’t ‘equate’ to Trump’s

Published January 22, 2025 10:48am ET



Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tried to distinguish the differences between former President Joe Biden’s controversial pardons and President Donald Trump‘s.

Trump spent his first hours in office issuing mass clemency for the 1,583 people who faced charges for their actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Meanwhile, Biden preemptively pardoned the members and witnesses of the defunct Jan. 6 committee, Gen. Mark Milley, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and his own siblings, their spouses, and his son, Hunter Biden.

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