🚨BREAKING: Trump DECLARES All Biden PARDONS VOID by Post - Meidas Touch

[Rhiannon12866]

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump making a post at midnight declaring he has voided all of President Biden’s pardons. - 03/17/2025.

[MadameButterfly]

1. Ok, when do things stop being true just because Trump says them

And who will stop these people from being prosecuted?
Or inversely, who will cancel the Jan. 6 Pardons if a pardon doesn't mean anything?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. He thinks he can pardon the guilty, but he can invalidate the previous president's valid pardons??

I read the comments on this video and there were even comments from those in other countries saying this is an emergency, that he's insane and needs to be removed ASAP.

[MadameButterfly]

3. He is insane, demented, mentally ill, and just plain nonsensical

We are dealing with Caligula here. But who will remove him? There is no mechanism for this.
The founding fathers imagined an insane president would have a sane cabinet or Congress to address the problem.

I'm finally beginning to understand what the people like Bernie mean, when they say it's up to the people. I didn't see what we could do. Trump won't care about a demonstration--of any size. But this is about showing such overwhelming protest that the police and the military are willing to enforce court orders and not those of Trump. That is what it will come down to.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. You're right. The Founding Fathers envisioned only the patriotic would be elected to lead this country

They certainly never envisioned that a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist who stole classified documents and attempted to overthrow the government would be anyone's choice!

[ShazzieB]

30. He is out of his damned mind.

His megalomania is so severe that he believes he not only has absolute power in the present but also the ability to retroactively change what's happened in the past. Even Hitler wasn't that crazy.

[Rhiannon12866]

31. I have no doubt you're right, yet he keeps getting worse and more insane - and he refuses to listen to judges who rule

Against him. He believes he's above the law since he's already gotten away with crimes that would have resulted in a prison sentence for anyone else. What can be done to stop him?? We could stage our own insurrection, but this time he'd sic his own violent criminal insurrectionists on us. I fear he's recruiting his own private army - or getting Hegseth to do it for him.

BTW, GREAT animation!

[littlemissmartypants]

42. He never believed in the law in the first place. 💚

[Rhiannon12866]

44. You're certainly right! How many crimes did he commit before, during and after his first term?!

He set a historical record for being impeached TWICE! And yet he has yet to serve time, yet anyone else committing the same crimes would and has spent time behind bars! So he's gone even further in his illegal activities now - to the point of disregarding rulings by judges...

[littlemissmartypants]

46. IKR! I keep...

Asking myself every day... what does it take to stop a psychopath? So far, I have no idea.

💚

[Rhiannon12866]

48. What do we do with an official elected to serve the people, but uses his office to commit retribution instead??

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

34. The Doofus-in-Chief would need to have had a mind in order to be out of his mind... BTW, he makes Hitler seem sane!!

[BigmanPigman]

24. Many people have told me they want the CIA or Mafia

to put a contract out on him. It sounds sort of "Hollywood" or "JFK" but then I think of what Putin does over and over to his enemies, etc. and it doesn't seem as ridiculous.

[MadameButterfly]

29. I hope it would end with him

and that Vance and the rest would not motivate the cult.

People falling out of windows couldlbe a thing with Trump. It seems to only go one way.

I doubt in the end we will win this way, we need something more stabel and lasting. But it is tempting.

[Hope22]

5. This guy reminds me of when my son was four

I put a plate of Oreos on the table and the little fart hurriedly licked each one of them thinking no one else would eat them. I picked one up, looking him square in the eye and ate it. He stood there making gagging noises, in total disbelief that I would eat them. Trust me I was not happy about it but I was making a point. Of course I told him that was rude but sometimes actions speak louder. I never had that problem again. So.. anyway, when T pulls crap like this I feel like he is licking all of the Oreos waiting for someone, anyone to tell him to knock off the bull because everyone is sick and tired of it. Unfortunately no one has ever set him straight! I think that someone comes in the form of world leaders standing up to him. It’s odd that so many in Congress can’t do this. The threat must be very pointed and personal. Calling the Supreme Court….you have created this monster…fix the problem. He has more than stepped over the line.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Yikes! Valid comparison, but your son at 4 was smarter and quicker than this convicted criminal is at nearly 80

And he has been convicted of several crimes, but still believes he's above the law. What does it take?? Anyone else who committed the same crimes would have been behind bars long ago! What does it take?? He already made history by being impeached twice, but Republicans in Congress were too afraid of attacks on themselves or their families or of being primaried to find him guilty. World leaders are more courageous than our own Congress - Republicans are afraid of even facing their constituents which is well deserved since they have chosen a schoolyard bully over the constituents they were elected to represent.

[Hope22]

11. Somehow he still has a stranglehold on people of power inside the US.

Globally they are simply sick of him pulling $hit. That to me is our only hope!

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I certainly agree. Apparently nothing that American citizens do has any impact on TFG, even former supporters are turning

On him. But he doesn't care, he now views even them as enemies. Sad that our global allies are more incensed than American Republicans at his illegal and unprecedented attacks and threats.

[Sugarcoated]

7. Seriously?

I predict the SC will vote this down

[Rhiannon12866]

9. *Fingers Crossed* Considering the criminals he's pardoned, this action is clearly way over the line...

[calimary]

12. I hope you're right.

But SHEESH we’re all on some VERY shaky ground in America now.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. I keep wondering what history will make of this unprecedented and insane criminal leadership

Assuming we survive it - since we know he's attempting to change the Constitution and ignoring the rule of law.

[pfitz59]

8. Insane and demented

He has to go.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. Overnight he's destroyed this country's status in the world and he's become an international pariah

But who will remove him? He's already made history as a convicted felon and was impeached twice - with Republicans too afraid to find him guilty even though they experienced the horror of January 6th the same as Democrats did.

[Buddyzbuddy]

14. If and when he makes outrageous statements I begin

to look for what he's actually trying to distract us from seeing or what topic he's trying to knock off of the front page. Such as his total disregard of a legitimately enforceable court order. As opposed to those that can't be enforced .

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Excellent point. That's what he does, his insanity has served as a distraction from his illegal behind-the-scenes actions

[Buddyzbuddy]

21. Thank you, Rhiannon

[Rhiannon12866]

28. You're more than welcome, my friend. That appears to be one of the criminal skills he possesses

Doubtless learned from his favorite (and criminal) attorney, Roy Cohn.

[Buddyzbuddy]

36. Exactly! He's not booksmart but he has a natural criminal aptitude.

That combined with a shameless brazeness backed by daddy warbucks made for a predictably lawless nature.

[Rhiannon12866]

38. Yup! He was so incorrigible at home that his parents sent him away to military school

And then he met lawyer Roy Cohn who had been Joseph McCarthy's chief counsel. Cohn is still his idol though was eventually disbarred for unethical conduct. He compares every lawyer to the infamous Roy Cohn, learned his legal "ethics" from him.

[Buddyzbuddy]

39. Military school. I don't have time for you, I don't like you, go away.

His parents knew.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

35. THIS!!

[DC77]

16. VACANT?

Hahahaha. Dope.

It’s “VACATED.”

Moron.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. Besides being a criminal, he's obviously a moran - another recent example are his complaints about "transgender mice"

[progressoid]

18. The worst part about this... millions of Americans will support this.

The kool-aid drinkers will cheer this on.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

19. 25th amendment time

Come on GOP. Country over party.

[BigmanPigman]

22. I just saw this on YouTube as I

was about to go to bed and yelled a few profanities then wondered if DU had any info about this.

Stupid, stupid me. I doubt this will help my insomnia.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Sorry about that, but DUers deserve to be informed. And I sure feel the same way and I never know when it'll hit me

Earlier this week I was on the verge of an anxiety attack when I was driving. And it doesn't help that I'm listening to Liz Cheney's book (again) in my car. She goes into detail about what they all experienced on January 6th and I really should put it aside right now.

[czarjak]

25. Unpardoned pardons present problems people previously presumed unimagineable?

[Rhiannon12866]

26. Considering all the criminals he pardoned during his last term and the thousands of Jan 6th insurrectionists this term

This truly is unprecedented - and has to be illegal.

[BigmanPigman]

27. Good alliteration...

I can't say that 5 times fast.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

32. Simply another brick on the pile to gridlock the courts and....

to push us further into their right-wing unitary executive concept........

In simple terms.......fascism.

[Rhiannon12866]

33. That's exactly it! And now it's gotten to the point that he's ignoring judges who rule against him

What does it take to wake up Republicans, both those in Congress and MAGA voters?? He's already turned our oldest allies and trading partners against us. And yes, he promised us a dictatorship and he's achieving his goal in record time.

[Walleye]

37. Why doesn't Barack Obama weigh in on any of this? Silence from the former presidents?

[C_U_L8R]

40. Dumb moves cut both ways

As soon as this clown is out of office, all his insurrectionists and coconspirators may find themselves right back in jail.

[Irish_Dem]

41. Trump is on a power high. He will get worse.

He is emboldened more each day.

[Rhiannon12866]

45. The more he gets away with, he takes it farther the very next day - and it's been only weeks!

Where will we be in a year - or two - if he isn't stopped now??

[J_William_Ryan]

43. Yet another Constitutional crisis.

Trump orders his ‘justice’ Department to investigate/prosecute someone President Biden pardoned.

[Rhiannon12866]

47. His Justice Department - which is supposed to be independent of the president - is there to prosecute his "enemies"

Including those his predecessor pardoned - since he sees any previous Democratic predecessor as an "enemy."

So much for the exclusive presidents' club:

[MagaSmash]

49. America has unleashed a cosplaying BEAST with no Legal Restraint whatsoever.

How much Heartache will ensue? How many needless Deaths and Destroyed Lives?

[ancianita]

50. He perverts the 1st Amendment to re-program Americans' thinking to train them toward Fear, silence & stockholm syndrome

We must keep the Truths of history alive -- No technological utopia will ever be based on the human souls or the human spirit.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

51. Cool down! This is basic TRUMP MIDNIGHT howling at the moon.

First, remember: THIS MAN IS GETTING CLOSE TO CERTIFIABLY INSANE.

Second: We're hearing the "Can't sleep, let's go wreck the COSMOS!" crap of too many drugs for too long.

(And as the Brits say: "Keep calm and carry on." .............(good advice.) )

[LetMyPeopleVote]

52. MaddowBlog-Trump says he's invalidating some Biden pardons, claiming power he doesn't have

Donald Trump doesn’t have the authority to invalidate Joe Biden’s pardons. The Republican is apparently simply asserting the right anyway.
https://bsky.app/profile/stevebenen.com/post/3lkl4fw6uek22

If you're just getting up, shortly after midnight, Trump simply asserted that he has the authority to invalidate some of Biden's pardons – which is every bit as radical and bonkers as it seems

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-says-s-invalidating-biden-pardons-claiming-power-doesnt-rcna196671

There’s a lot to unpack in this 158-word harangue, and there’s probably no point in highlighting every individual error of fact and judgment. The bottom line, however, is relatively straightforward: Trump claims that Biden didn’t actually sign pardons for members of the bipartisan House Jan. 6 committee, so as far as the Republican is concerned, prosecutors are free to go after them, despite the fact that there’s literally no evidence that they did anything wrong.

The entire pitch is based on the president’s apparent belief that (a) his immediate predecessor used an autopen to sign the pardons; (b) documents signed by autopens don’t count; and (c) Biden suffered from mental deterioration to such a horrific degree that he wasn’t aware of his own policies and preferences.

The first point is dubious, given that there’s no evidence that Biden used the tool to issue the pardons; the second point appears unsupported by law; and the third point is offensive on its face.

But let’s also not lose sight of the forest for the trees: For the first time in American history, a sitting president is asserting the right to invalidate a predecessor’s pardons.

In other words, as the United States deals with a sustained offensive against the rule of law, Trump has made up a new power for himself that does not exist.

To be sure, there’s often a disconnect between what Trump says he’s doing and what he’s actually doing. The Republican has now claimed in writing that he’s voiding some Biden-era pardons, but given recent history, it’s entirely possible that in the coming hours and days, the White House will pretend he never actually published such a message. Perhaps, in other words, this radicalism will soon be forgotten.

But if Trump seriously takes steps to undo Biden's pardons, because he feels like it, the coming fight will be dramatic.

Even though trump's full tweet was in this article, I did not include it in this post. I do my best to NOT post trump's rants directly,
I have seen that trump really wants to go after Liz Cheney and other J6 Committee members. If trump tries to claim that pardons he dislikes are invalid, it will be a fun fight.

[Rhiannon12866]

53. Wow! Thanks so much for all the details. Trump's retribution has crossed a line that no former president has crossed.