{"id":31133,"date":"2025-01-21T17:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/4-trump-rivals-that-biden-didnt-pardon\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T17:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:15:08","slug":"4-trump-rivals-that-biden-didnt-pardon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/4-trump-rivals-that-biden-didnt-pardon\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Trump rivals that Biden didn&#8217;t pardon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> doled out a flurry of pardons during his final days in office, but he did not issue a pardon for Jack Smith, or other figures connected to cases involving President Donald Trump, who has frequently castigated those he feels have unjustly targeted him.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Truth Social earlier this month, Trump asserted that &#8220;Corrupt Democrat judges and prosecutors&#8221; had targeted him &#8220;at levels of injustice never seen before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden also did not pardon figures Trump has publicly assailed, including Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, New York Judge Juan Merchan, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/special-counsel-jack-smith-quietly-resigns-two-year-stint-department-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH RESIGNS AFTER 2-YEAR STINT AT DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has often decried Jack Smith, the special counsel who sought to wage two federal cases against him, but who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/special-counsel-jack-smith-quietly-resigns-two-year-stint-department-justice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has now resigned.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly called the man &#8220;Deranged Jack Smith.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a report issued earlier this month ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/inauguration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump&#8217;s inauguration<\/a>, Smith asserted, &#8220;with respect to both Mr. Trump&#8217;s unprecedented efforts to unlawfully retain power after losing the 2020 election and his unlawful retention of classified documents after leaving office, the Principles [of Federal Proseuction] compelled prosecution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While we were not able to bring the cases we charged to trial, I believe the fact that our team stood up for the rule of law matters,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/legal-experts-shred-ny-trump-one-of-worst-cases-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY\u2019: LEGAL EXPERTS SHRED NY V. TRUMP AS \u2018ONE OF THE WORST\u2019 CASES IN HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought a case that led to a jury finding Trump guilty of charges of falsifying business records.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bragg has been one of the targets of Trump&#8217;s ire.<\/p>\n<p>On Truth Social, Trump has called him &#8220;Soft on Crime Alvin Bragg&#8221; and &#8220;Corrupt Soros Funded District Attorney, Alvin Bragg.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also excoriated Judge Juan Merchan, who was involved in Trump&#8217;s New York criminal trial.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Trump has called him &#8220;Corrupt, Deeply Conflicted, Democrat Appointed Acting Judge Juan Merchan,&#8221; and claimed that the judge was aiming to &#8220;RIG the Manhattan Sham \u2018Trial.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, ahead of Trump&#8217;s inauguration as president, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump-sentenced-no-penalty-new-york-criminal-trial-judge-wishes-him-godspeed-2nd-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merchan sentenced Trump to an unconditional discharge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-cheers-disqualification-corrupt-fani-willis-says-case-entirely-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP CHEERS DISQUALIFICATION OF \u2018CORRUPT\u2019 FANI WILLIS, SAYS CASE IS \u2018ENTIRELY DEAD\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Georgia Court of Appeals declared Fulton County Georgia District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-cheers-disqualification-corrupt-fani-willis-says-case-entirely-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fani Willis disqualified<\/a> from a Trump-related election interference case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no way such corrupt people can lead a case, and then it gets taken over by somebody else,&#8221; Trump told Fox News Digital. &#8220;It was a corrupt case, so how could it be taken over by someone else?&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Brooke Singman contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Joe Biden doled out a flurry of pardons during his final days in office, but he did not issue a pardon for Jack Smith, or other figures connected to cases involving President Donald Trump, who has frequently castigated those he feels have unjustly targeted him. 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