Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich joined a league of others slamming the Biden White House’s preemptive pardon idea, asserting such pardons inherently imply guilt.
“You’re assuming a presumption of guilt. Why would somebody who has not been found guilty of anything want to be pardoned, which implies that they were guilty?” Gingrich asked FOX Business’ Stuart Varney on Tuesday.
“I think this whole idea of a preemptive pardon is unconstitutional and, frankly, is the sort of thing people dream up when they feel too liberated by marijuana, are sitting around late at night talking to each other, and they see the smoke and the haze confuses their brain. You can’t have a preemptive pardon. The person is not even guilty of anything.”
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Politico reportedearlier this month that White House counsel Ed Siskel is arranging discussions with several other senior Biden aides about potential pardons for prominent Trump critics like Dr. Anthony Fauci, …