Joe Biden Considered Pardoning Trump during 2023 Pillow Talk with Jill, GOP Governor says
Joe Biden discussed the possibility of granting President Trump a pardon in a bedtime conversation with his wife, Jill, according to Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.
In an anecdote from his upcoming book, detailed in The Atlantic Thursday, the governor revealed that he pitched Biden on the idea of pardoning Trump back in August 2023 — only to find out that the then-president and first lady had already been mulling it.
“Mr. President, I know this might sound crazy, but I think you should pardon Donald Trump,” Cox recalled telling Biden, as the two sat inside the presidential limousine in Salt Lake City.
According to the governor, Biden responded: “You know, I’ve actually considered this for a while.”
“In fact, just this week as we were lying in bed, Jill and I had a long conversation about it,” Biden continued, noting people were “demanding justice” but he was entertaining the idea of a Trump pardon.
Just days before their conversation, Trump was hit with a federal indictment related to his alleged effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. (Read more from “Joe Biden Considered Pardoning Trump during 2023 Pillow Talk with Jill, GOP Governor says” HERE)
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