by Jason Cohen
South Carolina Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn revealed Thursday that he urged President Joe Biden’s staff to urge him to “preemptively” pardon President-elect Donald Trump.
ClyburnWho it helped saving Biden in the 2020 primaries with the support is one of several significant ones Democrats Down suggest that the president should pardon Trump following his lead pardon his son Hunter on Sunday. South Carolina’s representative told NewsNation’s “The Hill” that while he has not yet spoken to Biden on the matter, he has told the president’s staff that he should consider issuing multiple “prior pardons,” including for Trump.
“I haven’t directly urged the president, but I have talked to members of his staff that I think he should do it,” Clyburn said. “I think we need to clear the air in this country… I think we’re trying to run the government on behalf of all the citizens of this country and if we spend all our time going after Trump or Trump going after [Former Wyoming Republican Rep.] Liz Cheney, [special counsel] Jack Smith, Ph.D. [Anthony] Fauci, this is what we need to take off the table.”
Co-host of the popular leftist podcast “Pod Save America.” he swam the idea of Biden pardoning figures like Cheney and Fauci after the president pardoned his son.
“That’s why I asked the president’s people to consider a precautionary pardon for all these people and put this issue aside. Take that off the table because I know Donald Trump and I think this country knows Donald Trump,” Clyburn continued. “And as soon as he gets to the point where he can take credit for it, he will. That is why I have asked the president to take further action on this matter.”
Clyburn added that Biden’s staff listened to his suggestion and said he would pass it on to Biden.
“So I’m waiting to see what the president’s reaction might be,” he said.
NewsNation host Chris Cuomo and ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith also on Monday he called Biden will pardon Trump.
“Enough. You know what? You are Democrats, you lost the election. You got your ass whipped,” Smith said to Cuomo in response to his assertion that Biden should pardon Trump. “It was impossible to prevent him from returning to the White House. You know there are dozens of cases filed against him. He will appeal in the cases that have been issued to him and will probably not have to deal with all of this. It’s time to move forward.”
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Jason Cohen is a reporter at the Daily Caller News Foundation.
