Manchin says Biden should have pardoned Trump and not just his son

Published December 2, 2024 10:07pm ET



Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV) said he wished President Joe Biden had extended an olive branch to President-elect Donald Trump as controversy mounts over the Democrat’s move to grant Hunter Biden clemency. 

After he was pressed on Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his criminally convicted son, who was facing a potential 17-year prison sentence, Manchin on Monday said that he understood where the president was coming from as “a father.” 

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