Now-former President Joe Biden spent his last few hours in office issuing blanket pardons — which he swore in 2020 that he would not do — to a few select people, most of whom he simultaneously claimed were not guilty of any wrongdoing.
While a number of critics pointed out the fact that Biden had gone back on his word, most voiced concerns about who had received those pardons and what that said about them — and about Biden.
&#8220;Biden pardons Milley, Fauci, and J6 Committee. Absolutely Insane and Absolutely Predictable,&#8221; podcaster Tim Pool posted.
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Biden pardons Milley, Fauci, and J6 Committee
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Drew Holden with American Compass noted the disparity in the way that The New York Times had covered the last-minute pardons issued by Biden compared to those issued by President Donald Trump in January 2020.
The former were described by NYT reporter Peter Baker as being issued &#8220;to head off politically driven prosecutions.&#8221; The latter, as described by Maggie Haberman and Michael Schmidt, were intended &#8220;to override courts, juries and prosecutors to apply his own standard of justice for his allies.&#8221;
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Journalist Michael Shellenberger took particular issue with the pardon issued to Fauci, saying that any investigations into the origins of the COVID pandemic — and any role Fauci may have played — needed to continue.
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&#8220;Biden pardoned Fauci. He says it’s not an admission of guilt. But if Fauci were innocent, no pardon would be needed. The evidence suggests Fauci helped create the Covid pandemic, and then covered it up. The investigation must go forward. All Covid &amp; Fauci Files must be released,&#8221; he wrote.
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Biden pardoned Fauci. He says it’s not an admission of guilt. But if Fauci were innocent, no pardon would be needed. The evidence suggests Fauci helped create the Covid pandemic, and then covered it up. The investigation must go forward. All Covid &amp; Fauci Files must be released. <a href="https://t.co/FkCp0jjMHt">https://t.co/FkCp0jjMHt</a>
&mdash; Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/shellenberger/status/1881318348858040351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Attorney Mike Davis shared a reminder that the Biden administration had once painted a very different picture of what a pardon might mean — and what it might say about the person who chose to accept one.
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&#8220;Biden Justice Department tells court an acceptance of pardon is &#8216;a confession of guilt,'&#8221; he said.
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Biden Justice Department tells court an acceptance of pardon is “a confession of guilt.” <a href="https://t.co/TGCA0EUa2e">pic.twitter.com/TGCA0EUa2e</a>
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&#8220;Ask yourself this: Why would Joe Biden pardon Fauci if he wasn&#8217;t a criminal who should be locked up for his lies, negligence, &amp; greed that killed innocent Americans? Biden was already going out in shame and disgrace, but this is a new low,&#8221; women&#8217;s sports advocate Riley Gaines added.
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Ask yourself this: Why would Joe Biden pardon Fauci if he wasn&#39;t a criminal who should be locked up for his lies, negligence, &amp; greed that killed innocent Americans? 
Biden was already going out in shame and disgrace, but this is a new low. <a href="https://t.co/GW8fHyVT6f">pic.twitter.com/GW8fHyVT6f</a>
&mdash; Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1881319094785650727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The Fauci and Milley pardons are particular indictments of their behind the scenes work, and the American people deserve to know if they lobbied for them personally from an addled and mentally absent chief executive,&#8221; conservative journalist Ben Domenech posted.
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The Fauci and Milley pardons are particular indictments of their behind the scenes work, and the American people deserve to know if they lobbied for them personally from an addled and mentally absent chief executive.
&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1881320708900634754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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He went on to challenge any journalists who spoke to those who had received pardons to ask specifically about whether they had sought those pardons out: &#8220;The next interviews that Fauci, Milley, or J6 Committee members give, all must be asked if they lobbied for these pardons personally and if so, who they lobbied. It&#8217;s journalistic malpractice to not ask that question.&#8221;
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The next interviews that Fauci, Milley, or J6 Committee members give, all must be asked if they lobbied for these pardons personally and if so, who they lobbied. It&#39;s journalistic malpractice to not ask that question.
&mdash; Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) <a href="https://twitter.com/bdomenech/status/1881322938320011598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;So with Joe Biden pardoning Mark Milley, a reminder that Milley was a willing &amp; public participant in the scandalous cover-up of Biden’s lack of physical &amp; mental fitness to be president,&#8221; author Jerry Dunleavy said.
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So with Joe Biden pardoning Mark Milley, a reminder that Milley was a willing &amp; public participant in the scandalous cover-up of Biden’s lack of physical &amp; mental fitness to be president.<a href="https://t.co/6wMoWGpv5n">pic.twitter.com/6wMoWGpv5n</a>
&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1881323977228038622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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And from the End Wokeness account: &#8220;10 days ago, Biden said he will only pardon individuals who committed crimes. Today he pardoned Fauci, Milley, Cheney, EVERYONE on the J/6th Committee.&#8221;
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10 days ago, Biden said he will only pardon individuals who committed crimes. 
Today he pardoned Fauci, Milley, Cheney, EVERYONE on the J/6th Committee. <a href="https://t.co/VsJfysYSDQ">pic.twitter.com/VsJfysYSDQ</a>
&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1881345527973073009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Biden’s fitting final act. He pardoned his grifter family. Both brothers, sister, and all three in-laws going all the way back to January 1, 2014, the year the Ukraine grift began and the China grift accelerated. Pre-emptive pardons. Total admission of guilt,&#8221; The New York Post&#8217;s Miranda Devine added.
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Biden’s fitting final act. He pardoned his grifter family. Both brothers, sister, and all three in-laws going all the way back to January 1, 2014, the year the Ukraine grift began and the China grift accelerated. Pre-emptive pardons. Total admission of guilt. <a href="https://t.co/MPx6iV0hYN">pic.twitter.com/MPx6iV0hYN</a>
&mdash; Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1881413307443351824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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OutKick&#8217;s Clay Travis posted one final reminder: &#8220;In December of 2020 Joe Biden said you wouldn’t see any pre-emptive pardons in his administration. All Biden did was lie for four years.&#8221;
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In December of 2020 Joe Biden said you wouldn’t see any pre-emptive pardons in his administration. All Biden did was lie for four years: <a href="https://t.co/kuOwf9aXmg">pic.twitter.com/kuOwf9aXmg</a>
&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/1881350181398221200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Joe Biden

‘Absolutely Insane And Absolutely Predictable’: People Respond To Biden’s 11th-Hour Pardons

'Absolutely Insane And Absolutely Predictable': People Respond To Biden's 11th-Hour Pardons

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Rachel Vindman complained on Monday that her husband, impeachment witness Alexander Vindman, had not been added to the list of now-former President Joe Biden&#8217;s extensive list of eleventh-hour pardons on his way out of the White House.
Following the news that Biden had pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and nearly everyone involved with the January 6 Select Committee — including former Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) — Vindman took to Meta&#8217;s Threads to make her disappointment known.
&#8220;<span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr xdj266r" dir="auto">BREAKING: President Biden just pardoned:<span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr x1anpbxc" dir="auto">* General Mark Milley * Dr. Anthony Fauci * Jan. 6 Committee members of Congress and staffers * The police officers who testified before the Jan. 6 Committee,&#8221; journalist Kyle Griffin posted via Threads. &#8220;<span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr x1anpbxc" dir="auto">Biden says these pardons are not an acknowledgment of wrongdoing.&#8221;
Vindman <a href="https://www.threads.net/@rachelvindman/post/DFDCySGp6Hm?xmt=AQGzyMUZDJ_z2At5Fmrxs_4WKZRm-99Mx96bDDpa4wDajvk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a>, &#8220;Breaking: my husband is on a list of enemies and they talk about him all the time but he wasn’t offered sh**.&#8221;
Vindman shared another similar post, saying: &#8220;<span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr xdj266r" dir="auto">Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed. <span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x1ji0vk5 x18bv5gf x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xjohtrz xo1l8bm xp07o12 x1yc453h xat24cr x1anpbxc" dir="auto">I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.&#8221;
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She also responded to someone who asked whether her husband had requested a pardon, and her answer did nothing to clarify whether he had.
&#8220;Hi, Karen, where did you hear Alex didn’t request a pardon? Do you know me? Also, there is wide reporting many who received pardons were surprised and didn’t request them,&#8221; <a href="https://www.threads.net/@rachelvindman/post/DFDaSAoR9fV?xmt=AQGzlm3R22mEP_-wFe7-pfRLcr3QsaYhZIm5v3VUmBJBgx8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vindman said</a>.
A report from <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/online/betrayal-alex-vindmans-wife-fumes-about-her-husband-getting-shut-out-of-last-minute-biden-pardons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mediaite</a> suggested that the Vindmans had, in fact, reached out to the Biden White House about a potential pardon but had not heard anything in response.
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Just a few hours later, the White House announced that Biden had issued another set of pardons for several of his own close relatives, including James B. Biden, Sara Jones Biden, Valerie Biden Owens, John T. Owens, and Francis W. Biden.
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Biden just pardoned his family in the way out the door. As well as Cheney, Fauci, Milley, et al. They are as rotten to the core and corrupt as we always knew they were. <a href="https://t.co/gpDfThFKQn">pic.twitter.com/gpDfThFKQn</a>
&mdash; Chris Stigall (@ChrisStigall) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisStigall/status/1881387139335909609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Impeachment Hearing

Alexander Vindman’s Wife Super-Pissed That Her Husband Didn’t Get In On Last-Minute Pardons

Alexander Vindman's Wife Super-Pissed That Her Husband Didn't Get In on Last-Minute Pardons

Alexander Vindman

Just weeks after then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was declared the winner over President Donald Trump in 2020, he <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/03/biden-harris-intv-trump-pardons-justice-department-tapper-preview-sot-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper that Trump&#8217;s reported consideration of preemptive pardons concerned him.
Biden and then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris sat down for an <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/03/biden-harris-intv-trump-pardons-justice-department-tapper-preview-sot-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with Tapper in early December 2020. Biden was asked about Trump potentially issuing preemptive pardons for his closest allies and himself — a move Trump never made. Biden responded by promising that the American people would not &#8220;see in our administration that kind of approach to pardons.&#8221;
&#8220;President Trump is reportedly considering a wave of preemptive pardons. &#8230; Does this concern you?&#8221; Tapper asked.
&#8220;Well, it concerns me in terms of what kind of precedent it sets and how the rest of the world looks at us as a nation of laws and justice,&#8221; Biden said.
&#8220;Now in terms of the pardons, you&#8217;re not going to see in our administration that kind of approach to pardons,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Nor are you going to see in our administration the approach to making policy by tweets. You know, it&#8217;s going to be a totally different way to which we approach the justice system.&#8221;
Biden&#8217;s comments from four years ago directly contradict his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-issues-last-minute-pardons-for-fauci-mark-milley-and-jan-6-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last-minute action</a> on Monday morning to issue preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, and members of the Democrat-run January 6 Committee. Later in the day — just before Trump was sworn in — Biden also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-biden-issues-more-pardons-for-his-family-during-final-minutes-of-presidency" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardoned</a> his brother, James B. Biden; James Biden’s wife, Sara Jones Biden; his sister, Valerie Biden Owens; Valerie Owens’ husband, John T. Owens; and his brother, Francis W. Biden.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-trump-fauci-milley-pardons-january-6-3cba287f89051513fb48d7ae700ae747" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the preemptive pardons an &#8220;extraordinary use of the powers of the presidency,&#8221; adding that Biden &#8220;has used the power in the broadest and most untested way possible: to pardon those who have not even been investigated.&#8221;
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The outgoing president said in a statement that his preemptive pardons for Fauci, Milley, and the J6 Committee &#8220;should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.&#8221;
&#8220;Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country,&#8221; he added.
Biden&#8217;s action on Inauguration Day marks the second time the president has gone back on his word to issue pardons before the end of his term. In early December, the president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/president-biden-pardons-hunter-claims-son-was-singled-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pardoned</a> his son, Hunter Biden, after promising he wouldn&#8217;t take such a step. As Biden pledged to the public that he would not pardon Hunter after his conviction in June, the president was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pardoning-hunter-was-on-the-table-when-joe-biden-said-he-wouldnt-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> discussing a pardon behind the scenes.
This report has been updated with additional information.

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President Joe Biden issued pardons on Monday morning to Dr. Anthony Fauci, former U.S. Army General Mark Milley, and members of the Democrat-run January 6 committee just hours before President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration. 
Both Fauci and Milley were vicious critics of Trump, and previous reporting indicated that Biden would issue the pardons to stave off any potential criminal charges that might be brought against them during a second Trump administration.
“The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense,” Biden said in a statement. “Our nation owes these public servants a debt of gratitude for their tireless commitment to our country.”
Fauci has been criticized for his handling of COVID and the lab leak theory, as well as comments before Congress about gain-of-function research.
 At the end of the first Trump administration, Milley reportedly made secret calls to China, where he promised to warn Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army if Trump ordered a preemptive strike on China. In a statement after the pardons were announced, Milley said he was &#8220;deeply grateful for the President’s action today.&#8221;
&#8220;After forty-three years of faithful service in uniform to our Nation, protecting and defending the Constitution, I do not wish to spend whatever remaining time the Lord grants me fighting those who unjustly might seek retribution for perceived slights,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I do not want to put my family, my friends, and those with whom I served through the resulting distraction, expense, and anxiety.&#8221;
The January 6 Committee members receiving a pardon include former representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the only Republican members. Both Cheney and Kinzinger were harsh critics of Trump and voted to impeach him over the January 6 riot. Additionally, the pardon applied to &#8220;U.S. Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan police officers who testified before the Select Committee.&#8221;
“These are exceptional circumstances, and I cannot in good conscience do nothing,” Biden said. “Even when individuals have done nothing wrong — and in fact have done the right thing — and will ultimately be exonerated, the mere fact of being investigated or prosecuted can irreparably damage reputations and finances.”
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Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) ripped into Biden over the pardons, saying they were unconstitutional.
&#8220;The guy who claimed he would &#8216;protect norms&#8217; continues to bulldoze them and the Constitution until the bitter end. Biden truly is one of the worst Presidents in American history and will only be remembered as the guy between Trump’s two terms,&#8221; he posted on X. &#8220;Biden has previously been criticized for his wide-reaching pardon of his son Hunter, and top Democrats said last year they would oppose preemptive pardons.&#8221;
“I strongly oppose preemptive pardons. First of all, it’s in some ways going to be perceived as an implicit acknowledgment of guilt,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said last month. “And people should know that walking into a courtroom and making charges is far from proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Biden Issues Last-Minute Pardons For Fauci, Mark Milley, And Jan 6 Committee

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) made it clear that he was not in favor of President Joe Biden issuing &#8220;preemptive&#8221; pardons for members of the January 6th Committee and other critics of Donald Trump out of fear that the president-elect could seek retribution once he takes office.
Some in the White House have floated the possibility that Biden could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-aides-discussing-preemptive-pardons-for-fauci-schiff-cheney-report">issue pardons</a> to committee members like former Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) before he left office, thus insulating them from any potential charges stemming from their work on that committee. They also suggested similar pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who is now a senator-elect.
But despite the fact that Blumenthal is among the Democrats insisting that Trump&#8217;s new administration will &#8220;weaponize&#8221; the justice system against his political opponents, he told CNN anchor Jim Acosta that he would oppose blanket pardons for those who might be at risk.
&#8220;I strongly oppose preemptive pardons. First of all, it’s in some ways going to be perceived as an implicit acknowledgment of guilt,&#8221; Blumenthal explained, referencing his own past as a prosecutor. &#8220;And people should know that walking into a courtroom and making charges is far from proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. There is no evidence of wrongdoing against those members of the January 6 committees who brought those impeachment articles or who prosecuted them. And the likely beneficiaries of preemptive pardons would be the top echelon, and the underlings would still have the fear of that kind of prosecution.&#8221;
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Blumenthal went on to explain that he would prefer to simply allow the criminal justice system to do its work, adding, &#8220;I think any such unfounded, unjust charges against people who simply did their jobs would ultimately cause a backlash against Donald Trump because there will be acquittals and the costs of their defense or investigation, I think, should be borne by a defense fund — I’d certainly contribute — or by a pro bono legal team, I sign up, count me in, because I think they are on the right side. And we ought to make these cases a test case for the principle of justice.&#8221;
Blumenthal shared a similar statement via X, saying, &#8220;Broad blanket preemptive pardons are a bad idea. Fully recognizing that DOJ &amp; other federal law enforcement may be weaponized for retribution or intimidation, the way to stop a bully is to confront him, not run &amp; hide.&#8221;
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Broad blanket preemptive pardons are a bad idea. Fully recognizing that DOJ &amp; other federal law enforcement may be weaponized for retribution or intimidation, the way to stop a bully is to confront him, not run &amp; hide. <a href="https://t.co/Nyu4DfJCfb">https://t.co/Nyu4DfJCfb</a>
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Democrat Senator Says He Won’t Support Biden ‘Preemptive’ Pardons For Trump Critics

Democrat Senator Says He Won't Support Biden 'Preemptive' Pardons For Trump Critics

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According to a new report, President Joe Biden&#8217;s aides are discussing whether he should preemptively pardon government officials to protect them from possible inquiries or indictments from the incoming Trump administration.
“White House officials &#8230; are carefully weighing the extraordinary step of handing out blanket pardons to those who’ve committed no crimes, both because it could suggest impropriety, only fueling Trump’s criticisms, and because those offered preemptive pardons may reject them,” POLITICO <a href="//EB89B6DC-96C7-4A6A-871D-B88862E68717/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Names mentioned by POLITICO include members of Congress’ Jan. 6 Committee as well as Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-CA), former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
“The beneficiaries know nothing,” one source insisted to POLITICO.
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Some Democrats in Congress are urging Biden to issue the pardons. Massachusetts hard-Left Senator Ed Markey, attacking Trump, <a href="https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2024-11-26/sen-markey-urges-biden-to-issue-preemptive-pardons-ahead-of-trumps-inauguration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in late November, “I think that without question, Trump is going to try to act in a dictatorial way, in a fascistic way, in a revengeful first year … towards individuals who he believes harmed him. &#8230; If it’s clear by January 19th that [revenge] is his intention, then I would recommend to President Biden that he provide those preemptive pardons to people, because that’s really what our country is going to need next year.”
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA) said on Wednesday, “This is no hypothetical threat. The time for cautious restraint is over. We must act with urgency to push back against these threats and prevent Trump from abusing his power.”
Earlier this week, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href="//EB89B6DC-96C7-4A6A-871D-B88862E68717/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters, “As it relates to pardon- — pardoning or any clemency, the president, as you know, at the end of the year, makes announcements. He’s thinking through that process very thoroughly. There’s a process in place, obviously. And so, once — I’m not going to get ahead of — of the president on this. But you could expect more announcement, more par- — pardons and clemency at the end of — at the end of — at the end of this term.”
Asked how soon those other pardons could come, she answered, “I don’t have a timeline for you. As you know, this usually happens towards the end. And so, the president is going through that process, thinking through that process. I’m not going to get ahead of him. But you can expect more announcements to come.”

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Biden Aides Discussing Preemptive Pardons For Fauci, Schiff, Cheney: Report

House lawmakers released their final comprehensive report on COVID on Monday detailing how government officials misled the public about the origins of the pandemic. 
The <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">520-page report</a> from the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic covered everything from school closures to gain-of-function research to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/fauci-unmasked" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Fauci</a>’s leadership of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The release of the report comes after the committee spent two years conducting over 30 transcribed interviews and depositions, holding 25 hearings and meetings, and going over over one million pages of documents. 
“The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a distrust in leadership. Trust is earned,” Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) wrote in a letter accompanying the report. “Accountability, transparency, honesty, and integrity will regain this trust. A future pandemic requires a whole of America response managed by those without personal benefit or bias. We can always do better, and for the sake of future generations of Americans, we must. It can be done.”
One of the key findings of the report was that COVID likely originated and leaked out of a lab, a view that was once banned by Facebook but now echoed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/covid-likely-leaked-from-wuhan-lab-senate-gop-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Republicans</a> and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-responds-to-u-s-energy-departments-revised-wuhan-lab-leak-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Energy</a>. The report said that COVID “likely emerged because of a laboratory or research related accident.”
The report noted that public officials from both China and the United States tried to hide facts that might confirm the lab leak theory. “The Chinese government, agencies within the U.S. Government, and some members of the international scientific community sought to cover-up facts concerning the origins of the pandemic,” the report said. 
For example, the lawmakers said that Fauci prompted the writing of an academic paper to undermine the lab leak theory in early 2020. The paper, known as “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pandemic-origins-subcommittee-suggests-fauci-prompted-doctors-to-draft-paper-to-disprove-lab-leak-theory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that it was not plausible for the virus to come from a lab. 
The lawmakers further concluded that the NIH funded gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. According to the report, this research was facilitated by the EcoHealth Alliance and Peter Daszak, who the government <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hhs-moves-to-defund-ecohealth-alliance-says-action-needed-to-protect-the-public-interest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moved to bar</a> from future federal funding earlier this year. 
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The report accused former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of “medical malpractice,” saying that he acted to publicly cover “up the total number of nursing home fatalities in New York.”  The panel previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-panel-refers-andrew-cuomo-to-doj-for-criminal-prosecution-over-covid-testimony" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made a criminal referra</a>l against Cuomo for allegedly lying about his knowledge of a report that was used to defend a New York policy that placed COVID patients in nursing homes.
Additionally, the report was critical of the Biden administration&#8217;s vaccine mandate, which was later struck down by the Supreme Court. The lawmakers wrote that the government was currently failing &#8220;to efficiently, fairly, and transparently adjudicate claims for the COVID-19 vaccine injured.&#8221;
Other findings of the report were that lockdowns of schools caused significant learning challenges for children and that pandemic aid was plagued by fraud and waste. Wenstrup wrote that the lockdowns were overly strict and broad and caused &#8220;predictable anguish and avoidable consequences.&#8221;
“Just a few short years ago, arguing that COVID came from a Chinese lab and that lockdowns &amp; authoritarian measures didn’t work would get you censored and kicked from social media,” Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said of the report. “This report will stand as a warning for future generations of what NOT to do.”

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> celebrated Dr. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anthony-fauci" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Fauci</a>, a divisive former government health official, as a &#8220;true hero&#8221; at the White House on Sunday.
The shout out took place as Biden delivered remarks during an event to commemorate World Aids Day on the South Lawn, prompting a round of applause from the audience.
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JUST IN: President Joe Biden salutes Dr. Anthony Fauci during a World AIDS Day speech.
“And you&#39;re a good man. God love you. As my mother would say, God love you, Anthony.”<a href="https://t.co/alhLzbsswi">pic.twitter.com/alhLzbsswi</a>
&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1863343586403864613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;A special thanks to one of the great public health officials. A true hero who had led this fight against HIV/AIDS: Dr. Anthony Fauci,&#8221; Biden said. He then gave a hand salute to Fauci and continued: &#8220;And you&#8217;re a good man. God love you. As my mother would say, God love you, Anthony.&#8221;
The comments drew mockery and condemnation from critics of Fauci, some of whom hearkened back to the AIDS epidemic as well as the COVID pandemic, and Biden.
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&#8220;If you’ve done even a little digging into Fauci’s role in the AIDS crisis then you know he’s absolutely hated by the people who lost loved ones due to his mismanagement of the crisis. He had protestors outside his offices during the crisis too,&#8221; conservative activist Robby Starbuck <a href="https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1863375193785213009" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
&#8220;Dementia is tragic,&#8221; molecular biologist Richard Ebright <a href="https://x.com/R_H_Ebright/status/1863374825537814882" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> to Biden in a post to X.
Ebright also <a href="https://x.com/R_H_Ebright/status/1863376336527540702" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>: &#8220;Fauci provably violated federal policies on gain-of-function and enhanced potential pandemic pathogen research, provably committed conspiracy to defraud and perjury, and probably is culpable for pandemic that killed 20+ million and cost $25+ trillion.&#8221;
Tom Fitton, president of conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, simply <a href="https://x.com/TomFitton/status/1863363820636315762" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a>: &#8220;Fauci should be under criminal investigation.&#8221;
Among those who approved what Biden did was Democrat influencer Harry Sisson.
&#8220;President Biden praised Dr. Fauci as a &#8216;a true hero&#8217; today, which is the TRUTH! Dr. Fauci is an American hero, and his contribution to medicine has changed the world for the better. Thank you, Dr. Fauci!&#8221; Sisson <a href="https://x.com/harryjsisson/status/1863359089423618129" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X.
Fauci, a longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), advised former (and future) President Donald Trump Biden before retiring at the end of 2022.
During a CBS <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-says-biden-absolutely-fit-to-lead-for-another-term-after-criticizing-trumps-missed-opportunities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> in June, Fauci hesitated to assess whether Trump was fit to lead, but stated &#8220;absolutely&#8221; when pressed about Biden — who had not yet dropped out of the 2024 presidential race amid growing concerns about his mental state and electability.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci recently published a new paper that touched on both HIV/AIDs and the COVID-19 pandemic — and in it, he not only doubled down on his insistence that COVID had a natural origin but also claimed that President-elect Donald Trump had suggested &#8220;bleach injection&#8221; as a possible treatment.
Jerry Dunleavy shared several excerpts of the paper via X, commenting, &#8220;Fauci is out with a new scientific paper on HIV/AIDS &amp; COVID-19 where he falsely claims Trump told people to inject bleach &amp; where he argues COVID-19 has a natural origin (Wuhan lab leak not even mentioned) by citing the same authors who wrote the infamous Proximal Origins paper.&#8221;
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Fauci is out with a new scientific paper on HIV/AIDS &amp; COVID-19 where he falsely claims Trump told people to inject bleach &amp; where he argues COVID-19 has a natural origin (Wuhan lab leak not even mentioned) by citing the same authors who wrote the infamous Proximal Origins paper. <a href="https://t.co/3Cx1NC7Emc">pic.twitter.com/3Cx1NC7Emc</a>
&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy IV 🇺🇸 (@JerryDunleavy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JerryDunleavy/status/1862484026063561168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In the highlighted sections, Fauci wrote that &#8220;abundant evidence from top evolutionary virologists and leading scientists in other fields strongly suggests that the virus jumped species from an animal reservoir to humans at the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, and then spread throughout China and the rest of the world.&#8221;
The former White House medical advisor added, &#8220;Trump gave credence to unproven and potentially dangerous substances for COVID-19 prevention and treatment such as bleach injection.&#8221;
What Trump <a href="https://www.wral.com/story/fact-check-biden-says-trump-told-americans-to-inject-bleach-to-treat-covid-19/21351899/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">actually asked</a>, during a COVID-related press conference, was whether there was a way to use an injection to introduce the benefits of ultraviolet light or &#8220;almost a cleaning&#8221; to knock out the virus before it attacked the lungs.
Fauci&#8217;s new paper comes just as Trump has named Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, one of Fauci&#8217;s leading critics, to head the National Institutes of Health in the incoming administration.
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Bhattacharya was one of the authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, published in 2020, and voiced opposition to the widespread lockdowns and closures during the pandemic. He told Fox News in 2023 that both Fauci and then-NIH Director Francis Collins had &#8220;created an illusion of scientific consensus around their ideas and marginalized anyone that disagreed with them even though there wasn&#8217;t a scientific consensus. It&#8217;s a pattern of behavior that reflects an abuse of power by American scientific bureaucrats at the very top of our scientific bureaucracies.&#8221;
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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya talks about Dr. Anthony Fauci secretly crafting the &quot;Proximal Origin&quot; paper that dismissed the lab leak as a conspiracy theory:
&quot;Tony Fauci and Francis Collins created an illusion of scientific consensus around their ideas and marginalized anyone that… <a href="https://t.co/rzuKFQphpW">pic.twitter.com/rzuKFQphpW</a>
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) who <a href="https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/dr-anthony-fauci-leave-niaid-end-december" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retired</a> in December 2022, reportedly got $15,000,000 in taxpayer-funded security services — after he retired. The services were provided between January 4, 2023, and September 20, 2024.
The government watchdog organization Open The Books, which states its mission is to “work hard to capture and post all disclosed spending at every level of government – federal, state, and local,” found the evidence in a <a href="https://www.openthebooks.com/assets/1/6/2024-USMS-000194_-_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memorandum of understanding</a> (MOU) between the U.S. Marshals service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) via a Freedom of Information Act request, a new <a href="https://www.dossier.today/cp/151338421">report</a> states.
Open the Books’ Deputy Policy Editor Amber Todoroff and The Dossier investigative journalist Jordan Schachtel reported that money covered “Salaries and benefits for deputies and administrative personnel assigned to Fauci’s protective detail; costs related to transporting Fauci, and law enforcement equipment.”
The MOU acknowledged that there was a possibility that the contract could be extended.
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“From 2019 to 2022 he was the highest paid federal employee,” Todoroff and Schachtel noted, adding, “Fauci retired from the federal bureaucracy with a record $480,654 salary. In 2022 Open the Books <a href="https://www.openthebooks.com/forbes-dr-anthony-faucis-golden-parachute-will-exceed-350000-per-year--the-largest-in-us-federal-government-history/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> his pension would be about $355,000 per year, adding to the considerable fortune of <a href="https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/fauci-and-wifes-net-worth-exceeded-11-million-during-pandemic-dr-anthony-fauci-christina-grady-national-institute-of-health-covid-19-masks-health-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$11 million</a> amassed over his 54 years of government service.”
“We could find no other cases of a former federal employee receiving this level of protection,” they noted succinctly.
In April 2023, Fauci said in an interview that people should stop blaming public health officials for mistakes that were made during the pandemic.
CNN&#8217;s Christiane Amanpour asked Fauci what he thought he and the scientific community &#8220;got wrong&#8221; with the policies that they pushed and implemented.
&#8220;What are the real takeaways, the real lessons for public health?&#8221; she asked.
&#8220;I think we have to get away from the blame game because so many of the things that you have mentioned were unknowns at the time,&#8221; Fauci responded. &#8220;It&#8217;s so easy.&#8221;
&#8220;This is really big time Monday morning quarterbacking here, which is what it is,&#8221; he claimed. &#8220;So, rather than have a blame game, and that&#8217;s one of the things that we have to stay away from because there were things that happened and it was a moving target and there were things that you did not know at the time and you had to, out of necessity, make a decision.&#8221;
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Dr. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anthony-fauci" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthony Fauci</a> refused to evaluate whether President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> is fit to lead based on his poor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/debates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debate</a> performance against former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> last week.
Fauci, a longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) who advised both Trump and Biden before retiring at the end of 2022, spoke about the issue on &#8220;The Takeout&#8221; podcast.
CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett asked Fauci if there was anything that would &#8220;medically alarm&#8221; him based on what he saw during the debate.
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Dr. Fauci tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MajorCBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MajorCBS</a> that he has &quot;no doubt&quot; President Biden has the mental capacity and vigor to carry on with his office, despite a shaky performance during last week&#39;s debate with former President Donald Trump.
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Fauci, 83, demurred, noting that he thought it would be &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; to say.
Looking at someone on a &#8220;one-shot basis&#8221; leaves too much room for unknowns, including questions about whether Biden had a &#8220;bad cold&#8221; or did he &#8220;take an antihistamine to make him groggy,&#8221; Fauci explained.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t know what went on and I think it would be unfair and inappropriate to try and diagnose something from just a 90-minute clip,&#8221; he added.
Biden, 81, seeks to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-tells-key-ally-hes-considering-dropping-out-of-2024-race-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reassure Democrats</a> that he remains capable of serving and running for re-election as he faces growing pressure to step aside and give the party a chance to rally behind a replacement.
During the debate, sources close to Biden began telling news outlets the president had been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-has-a-cold-narrative-emerges-amid-rough-debate-performance" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suffering from a cold</a>. But White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Biden &#8220;was not taking <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2024/07/02/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-july-2-2024/#:~:text=JEAN%2DPIERRE%3A%20He%20was%20not,he%20get%20a%20neurological%20scan%3F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">any cold medication</a>.&#8221;
Fauci also told Garrett that, based on his interactions with Biden, he has &#8220;no doubt&#8221; that Biden has the vigor and mental capability to continue serving as president.
The interview took place as Fauci promoted his new book, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/18/books/review/on-call-anthony-fauci.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;On Call,&#8221;</a> which he said describes how Biden asked &#8220;probing&#8221; questions and was &#8220;analytical&#8221; in his discussions with the president.
Fauci said what he witnessed during the debate last week did not reflect his personal experiences with Biden, adding, &#8220;To me, it just looked like a bad night.&#8221;
In another recent interview on CBS prior to the debate, Fauci <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-says-biden-absolutely-fit-to-lead-for-another-term-after-criticizing-trumps-missed-opportunities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said Biden was &#8220;absolutely&#8221; fit</a> to lead for another term while criticizing what he described as Trump&#8217;s &#8220;missed opportunities&#8221; from a &#8220;health standpoint.&#8221;

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“The Sopranos” star Drea de Matteo slammed fellow Italians <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fauci-on-the-view-joins-the-ladies-bashing-trump-calls-detractors-bastards">Dr. Anthony Fauci</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro</a> on national television on Monday night, saying she’s “mortified by my people.&#8221; 
During the 52-year-old actress’ appearance on “<a href="https://rumble.com/v53k1wr-sopranos-star-claims-hollywood-is-full-of-quiet-trump-voters.html">Jesse Watters Primetime</a>,” Matteo called out Hollywood’s support for President Joe Biden after a video montage played showing several celeb endorsements, and she was asked if there’s a “quiet Trump voter out there in Hollywood.” 
“I think there is a lot of them. I think there are a lot of — that was a hard intro to watch. I’m sorry,” de Matteo said, laughing, <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/entertainment/sopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-tells-foxs-jesse-watters-there-are-a-lot-of-quiet-hollywood-trump-voters/">referencing the video montage,</a> which included <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/robert-de-niro-loses-award-following-trump-courthouse-rant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">De Niro ranting about Trump</a> outside a New York City courthouse.
“No, it’s the Italian, man. We’re talking about Fauci [former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)], we’re talking about De Niro. I am mortified right now by my people,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I don’t understand what we’re doing here. Anyhow, yes. Yes, there are a lot of quiet Trump supporters, there are a lot of [Robert F.] Kennedy [Jr.] supporters.&#8221;
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“And wow, I wonder how much these actors got paid to endorse Biden at this point,” de Matteo continued. “I’m curious, because that seems — I wonder if De Niro got paid a location’s fee because he had to travel to the courtroom to do that.&#8221;
The host then asked how it would work, suggesting actors possibly couldn’t get just get paid cash and that it might have to be more of a “silent deal like, ‘Oh, we’ll give you this next role or you know we’ll get you a book deal.’ Is it something like that, or an appearance fee?”
“I don’t know. I don’t really maneuver inside that industry. I never have,” the actress replied.  “First of all, ‘Sopranos,’ we were the outcasts, even though we were the critically acclaimed, we still were outcasts.”
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“So I’m still an outcast, here I am. They’re going to take me out into the woods and shoot me for not endorsing Biden,” she added while laughing, referencing her character being killed on the hit show after saying too much.
De Matteo recently made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sopranos-star-says-biden-administration-has-been-used-to-divide-people">headlines</a> when she said that the Biden administration has been used to “divide people” and called the focus on left-wing issues a distraction from more important matters.
Speaking recently to Fox News’ “<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/sopranos-star-says-biden-presidency-vessel-divide-us-comments-hollywoods-fear-roil-critics?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-42816985&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio">The Story,</a>” the “Desperate Housewives” actress said others in Hollywood fear that if they speak out about Biden being a divisive leader, something will happen to them personally.
“Life imitating art, just for speaking out to the feds or whatever, you know?” de Matteo said, referencing her character&#8217;s end on the hit show.
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