Donald Trump seems determined to live in the past. He openly stews in pent-up grievances and discredits the prior administration at every opportunity. In his first two months in office, it seems as if he has criticized his predecessor more than any other president has ever done. So, no one should have been surprised by the news that the president now wants to undo the preemptive pardons Joe Biden granted on his way out of the White House — a wildly unconstitutional proposition.
Trump took to Truth Social in a late-night rant over the weekend to denounce the House January 6 committee and “The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others…” And, in typical Trumpian style, the president announced in all caps: “They are hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT…”
