‘Makes Him Look Very Guilty’: Trump Tears Into Biden’s Last Minute Family Pardons
President Donald Trump criticized former President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon several members of his family on Monday, telling reporters it “makes him look very guilty.”
Speaking to reporters as he signed a large stack of executive orders on Monday, Trump reacted to Biden’s last minute decision to pardon a further five members of his family, including his two brothers and sister.
“I was surprised that President Biden would go and pardon his whole family because that makes him look very guilty,” said Trump. “You know, I could have pardoned my family. I could have pardoned myself, my family. I said, ‘If I do that, it’s going to make me look very guilty.’ I don’t think I’d be sitting here, frankly. If I did that, I don’t think I’d be sitting here right now because I would’ve– It would’ve shown that you’re guilty.”
He continued, “So I was a little bit surprised that he did it, ’cause it makes him look guilty. I mean, he’s gonna have to live with that. Now, with that being said, it’s unbelievable precedent it creates for a president.”
Trump suggested, “Now, maybe every president that leaves office, they’re gonna pardon every person they ever met so they don’t have some lunatic like deranged Jack Smith– who’s a total lunatic by the way, not a smart guy. He’s a dummy. But we beat the hell out of him.”
Asked whether he would consider doing the same thing as Biden at the end of his term, Trump replied, “Well, I guess now I have precedent to do it. I wouldn’t want to do that, no. I think it makes you look very guilty. I think it makes Biden look very bad, very weak, and very guilty.”
Watch the clip above via Fox News.