Leavitt urges media to follow Trump’s lead in questioning Biden’s pardons

Published March 17, 2025 2:56pm ET



The White House says reporters should join President Donald Trump in asking whether or not his predecessor’s pardons were valid.

“The president was begging the question that I think a lot of journalists in this room should be asking,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday, alleging that former President Joe Biden was “cognitively impaired” while in office. 

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