Fmr. DOJ Atty. On Trump Saying Biden Pardons Are ‘Void’: ‘The President Is Determined to Demolish the Rule of Law’

‘I think that tweet is really just a distraction’

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OYER: “To be clear, the office of the pardon attorney, where I worked had had no role in the decision making around that pardon, and I think we could have a legitimate debate about whether the President should or should not have the power to issue preemptive pardons like that one. But what is established is that the President does, in fact, have that power. And once the President makes the decision to do that, it is unprecedented. There is no authority for a subsequent President to try to undo the pardon. I think that tweet is really just a distraction. It's really just one small example of the fact that the President is determined to demolish the rule of law, and he is prepared to steamroll anything or anyone that's standing in his way.”

 

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