The senator spoke to NBC News' "Meet the Press" after President-elect Donald Trump said members of the House Jan. 6 committee "should go to jail."

Summary

Sen. Bernie Sanders urged President Biden to “very seriously” consider pre-emptive pardons for members of the Jan. 6 Committee after Trump threatened to jail them.

Trump has also pledged to pardon convicted Jan. 6 rioters, calling their imprisonment unjust.

Sanders condemned Trump’s remarks as authoritarian, while some Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, disagreed with Trump’s proposal.

Committee members, including Adam Schiff and Bennie Thompson, defended their work, calling Trump’s comments an attack on democracy and the rule of law.

  • Reality_Suit@lemmy.world
    671·
    1 year ago

    Right now, Biden could remove Trump, and the Supreme Court ruled he could not be held accountable while president.

    I bet this post will be used against me as proof of a crime in the future. We’ll just have to wait and see.

      • Reality_Suit@lemmy.world
        14·
        1 year ago

        Nah, fuck it, go all the way. There’s something up anyway. World leaders are becoming more frantic and desperate. They’re scared of something.

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    1 year ago

    Why do people think Trump would abide by pardons? He and many of the politicians supporting him have stomped all over tradition, procedure, and legal mandates.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      1 year ago

      He’ll get the supreme court to allow a sitting president to cancel pardons but for some reason he’ll be the only one that applies to if a Democrat tries to use that power at some point.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        He’s a living rubber stamp. What else does he need to do? Do you think any ideas come up with before and during his presidency are his own?

  • themaninblack@lemmy.world
    91·
    1 year ago

    The problem with this plan is that you can never get all edge cases. It’s almost like Pascal’s Wager. Pardons should go away entirely, IMO. If there is a problem with the justice system, fix the justice system. None of this selective amnesty shit.