'We want pardons to matter': Trump admin will 'take a hard look' at final grants of clemency issued by Biden

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Law & Crime

May 13th, 2025, 6:45 pm


Outgoing acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin, says the Trump administration plans to investigate some pardons issued by Joe Biden — presumably an atypical suite of speculative clemency grants issued during his last days in office.

The controversial lawyer made the remarks during a farewell press conference in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, according to The Hill.

“I do think that the Biden pardons need some scrutiny,” Martin said. “And they need scrutiny because we want pardons to matter and to be accepted and to be something that’s used correctly. So I do think we’re going to take a hard look.”

Questions followed the presser, but Martin kept mum when asked if he would be looking into members of Congress who investigated the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol, according to CBS News.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/we-want-pardons-to-matter-trump-admin-will-take-a-hard-look-at-final-grants-of-clemency-issued-by-biden-ed-martin-says/

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Full headline: ‘We want pardons to matter’: Trump admin will ‘take a hard look’ at final grants of clemency issued by Biden, Ed Martin says

There is ZERO that they can "look into". "Pardons" are something Presidents can do for anyone they want, like their deranged leader has done releasing 1,600 insurrectionists. As noted at the end of the linked OP article -

The pardon power is largely understood as all but absolute. According to the U.S. Constitution, presidents “shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the power itself is not reviewable.

[C_U_L8R]

1. They are not your pardons.

Take care of your own corrupt house.

[LiberalArkie]

2. insurrectionists Who are probably employed by ICE now?

[FalloutShelter]

27. Dirtbags 'R' Us

[70sEraVet]

3. Better to look into the big 'pardon sale' that trump and Guiliani held...

during his first term -- one mil for Guiliani, and one mil for trump!

[Ray Bruns]

4. They can "look" all they want. There is zero they can do about it.

[Ohioboy]

5. A felon's administration looking at someone else's pardons

[orangecrush]

6. Democrats need to take a hard look

At getting serious about you.

[Brainfodder]

7. Is this before or after the discussions on selling citizenship directly for cash?

[Du916]

15. I'd consider selling mine?

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I’d take $2.5 million, which is half or what Chump proposed, and would be happy to relocate to a country not ruled by a tinpot dictator.

[CTyankee]

16. You should think that one through a bit more. I mean it.

I once had my passport stolen in Italy. I went to the closes U.S. consulate and it was absolute hell to get a temporary replacement so I could actually leave the country and get back into the USA.

[Du916]

17. I'd be fine.

There are other place’s I’d be happy to live I’d I could get $2.5 million, ad least until Trump is dead.

[CTyankee]

18. If you are alone, maybe so. Have you thought through how other people in your life would fare?

[Du916]

19. My wife agrees.

My Golden Retrievers would be happy wherever they are,
$2.5 million buys a lot of tennis balls and dog treats.

[CTyankee]

20. Did you have another country in mind?

If so, have you researched how you would go about getting permanent residency in that country? Is there a country you think you'd be happy in?

[Du916]

22. I've thought about a few

And reached out to a couple. But it’s academic as I can’t sell my citizenship.

[CTyankee]

23. I am thinking you would probably be called an "ex-pat"

I found this interesting article online:

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/expatriate.asp#:~:text=An%20expatriate%20or%20expat%20is,from%20anywhere%20using%20the%20Internet.

Actually, I regard "ex-pats" as having fascinating life stories....

[Du916]

24. That would me fine by me.

What I’m called is largely irrelevant.

[hadEnuf]

8. They want to erase what really happened on Jan. 6th from the history books.

First Trump pardons all of the convicted insurrectionists, now they want to put the people who investigated it on trial. Next it may be putting the media on trial for its "fake videos" and reporting on the event. They are going to start prosecuting people based on their lies and delusions by making those lies and delusions "fact'.

Although this will gain zero traction right now, we are in very dangerous territory.

[RVN VET71]

11. January 6th will be like Tiananmen Square

You know, that peaceful park in Beijing where nothing bad ever happened and a couple thousand kids were not killed during a peaceful protest.

There are people in China today who were actually there, and who witnessed the carnage, who will testify from the bottom of their hearts that absolutely nothing happened at Tiananmen Square except a brief public praise of Li Ping.

Such is the plasticity of the human mind when subjected to terror. And that is exactly why the fascist GOP doggedly insists that January 6 was a wonderful day, a peaceful day, a show of patriotic love for the police, the flag, and the United States of America. Saying over and over again, knowing that it's a lie that many people will ultimately accept as gospel.

(This is especially dangerous for our children and grandchildren who are like to grow up hearing that January 6 was a truly patriotic day when thousands of Americans, moved by their love of Country, went to the Capitol to pray and rejoice.)

[EndlessWire]

33. They are after Biden's family.

They want the issue of "Hunter Biden" to remain a viable harping point for the duration. They don't have much, so they have to hang on to old nonsense. Rinse, repeat.

We are not going to forget the $400 million plane he apparently bought with public money, nor the cartel families he welcomed into our country. And, it's like each GOP puke has to think of something to say on behalf of rump, and this has just been this guy's lame attempt to pander to rump.

[Pepsidog]

9. Accept the plane then promptly auction it as use the proceeds to pay for meals for seniors or some other program the

Traitor cut.

[dchill]

10. Pretty sure Trump thinks a pardon is a pardon, Ed.

Bye.

[republianmushroom]

12. Liars.

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. Wow.

Just....wow. It's been said many times, and this is a perfect example - Republicans have no sense of ironing, do they?

[BadgerKid]

14. My feeling everyone gets pardoned, including T. n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. If he can undo the pardons of a previous president, well, ...

... Karma's a bitch.

[travelingthrulife]

25. A felon who released dangerous felons onto the public.

Expose those brownshirts, we will find many J6 insurrectionists playing cop/thug.

[jgmiller]

26. Just more distractions

Nobody will ever learn, he just throws these things out to distract every single day and everyone, including us fall for it.

[k_buddy762]

28. Going to get bad

Pardons will be examined. Will be deemed illegal, contrary to common practice, unenforceable, etc etc etc

Charges will be drawn up. Arrests will be made. "Justice will be done." Lawsuits will be filed. Some courts will follow, some courts will resist. SCOTUS will eventually be forced to see the issue. God knows how they will rule.

America will continue to be a clown show on the world stage.

Folks will continue to react emotionally, lose their minds, and the fight will take longer than it should as a result.

[sinkingfeeling]

29. Ed Martin should have his law license revoked.

[marble falls]

30. I like it when he looks into things he can't do jack about. I hope he fills his dance card with more of them.

[Deuxcents]

31. Are they gonna look into the pardoned J.6 people that committed crimes after pardons?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. Who cares what this idiot thinks?

trump would love to be able to ignore these pardons and pursue his campaign of political retribution. These are valid pardons and there is nothing that Ed Marin can do about these pardons