Trump has blasted Biden for pardoning his family members before leaving office.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that President Donald Trump has criticised former President Joe Biden for an 11th-hour clemency announcement offering preemptive pardons to members of his family during remarks from the Capital One Arena Monday.
Trump told the crowd at Capitol Arena, “Did you know that Biden, while I was making my speech, pardoned his whole family?” Trump said. “The brother, the whole deal, was pardoned. Can you imagine that, while I was making my speech? Did everybody hear my speech? Did you like my speech? Thank you.”
Trump said that aides stopped him from making his inaugural address more “tough,” urging him to avoid including remarks about Biden’s decision to pardon family members or about planned pardons for January 6 defendants.
But moments later, he seemed to contradict himself, telling supporters he didn’t find out about the pardons until after he finished his remarks.
“Can you believe it? He’s pardoned — you know why he did it while I was speaking? Because that way I couldn’t speak about it,” Trump said. “I was speaking, I didn’t know he did it. I finished my speech, and they said, ‘Sir, he pardoned his whole family.’ I said, ‘Oh can I go back out there and talk about it?’”
“Somehow, that wouldn’t be very elegant,” he added. “Our first lady would say, ‘please don’t do that.’ We have plenty of time to talk about it, and we will.”
