Bill Clinton has revealed that he’s “open to having a conversation” with lame-duck President Joe Biden about “preemptive pardons.”
The former president said he “will talk to” Biden about pardons for both himself and his wife Hillary Clinton.
It comes amid speculation over Biden’s plans to protect his allies from prosecution for crimes they may have committed through presidential pardons.
The president recently issued a sweeping pardon for his son Hunter Biden.
The blanket pardon protects Hunter Biden from crimes he hasn’t even been accused of, yet.
Now, Bill Clinton has confirmed that he would be willing to talk with Biden about preemptive pardons for his family.
Clinton revealed that he is “open to having a conversation” with Biden about that special benefit.
His comments came during his appearance on ABC’s “The View.”
“Do you think it would be wise of President Biden to preemptively pardon any potential targets?” co-host Sunny Hostin asked.
Clinton was then asked if it was something he and Hillary would consider.
“What about your wife, Hillary Clinton?” Hostin asked.
“I think if President Biden wanted to talk to me about that, I will talk to him about it, but I don’t think I should be giving public advice on the pardon power,” Clinton responded.
“It’s a very personal thing, but … I hope [Trump] won’t do that.”
Of course, such a pardon is not something to be taken lightly as it suggests the person being pardoned is guilty of something.
As Slay News reported, Biden has had discussions with his senior team about using the pardon power to protect Trump’s critics.
Several top Democrats and their allies fear they could be targeted in the next administration.
Bill Clinton explained, “They’ve got a problem with her because first, she didn’t do anything wrong.
“Second, she followed the rules exactly as they were written.
“Third … remember how the emails were such a big issue in 2016? Trump’s State Department found that Hillary sent and received exactly zero classified emails on her personal device.
“It was a made-up phone story.”
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Bill Clinton previously blamed the “mainstream media” for his wife’s email controversy during the 2016 election.
Hillary Clinton created multiple scandals over secrecy during her time as Barack Obama’s secretary of state.
To cover up her communication, she destroyed hard drives that contained evidence.
Further, she bypassed routine requirements for government officials and set up her own email server in her home.
She used the private server for official classified government business, despite being warned it wouldn’t be secure.
Ultimately federal agencies determined that 100 emails there “contained information that should have been deemed classified at the time they were sent.”
That included 65 considered “secret” and 22 considered “top secret.”
Then-FBI chief James Comey announced that an investigation showed that Clinton had been “extremely careless” with her communications.
However, the FBI stopped short of launching a criminal case against her.
During his debate with Clinton during the 2016 election, Trump suggested she “should be in jail.”
Trump subsequently made references to Hillary Clinton regarding criminal conduct.
But at the time he was elected, Trump chose not to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton’s behavior.
He said then that would be a “terrible precedent” for the country.
Of course, that was before the Democrats launched a long list of lawfare legal cases against him in an unsuccessful effort to derail his 2024 campaign.
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