Did Donald Trump really intend to reverse Joe Biden’s pardons? Or did he just attempt to goad the press into discussing Biden’s cognitive impairment?
Reporters at the White House took the bait today, either way. They pushed Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt to explain what Trump meant by saying that Biden’s autopenned pardon were “hereby declared VOID, VACANT, AND OF NO FURTHER FORCE OR EFFECT.” Leavitt responded by claiming that Trump was only “begging the question” that reporters refused to ask during the last presidency:
Leavitt: Was [Biden] aware of his signature being used on every single pardon that’s a question you should ask the WH
Kaitlin: Is there any evidence on that?
Leavitt: You’re a reporter you should find out pic.twitter.com/NeZW3GRpvu
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) March 17, 2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that…