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(Patriot Command Center) Quiet whispers from backroom consultants allude to an imminent event which has the potential to rip the soul from the heart of America.

• Warning! This event, if it materializes, possesses such immense magnitude that it could potentially fracture our Republic.

However, this event does not involve war or another virus; rather, it revolves around the possibility Joe Biden, with a simple stroke of a pen, may choose to pardon himself and his son Hunter, absolving them of any alleged misdeeds.

It is not a matter of if this pardon will occur, but rather when. Such an action would undoubtedly unleash a furious storm of outrage and chaos, the likes of which have not been witnessed since 1864.

Will the treasoner pardon his treason?

The question of whether Joe Biden can pardon himself has been a subject of debate among consultants. While some argue  as president he has the power to do so, Biden himself acknowledges the possibility  the pardon power mentioned in the Constitution may refer to pardoning someone else. He does not, however, disprove this possibility.

Biden presents an argument against the idea  pardons must be granted by one person to another, suggesting  it attempts to undermine the clear meaning of the constitutional text. However, this argument could also be seen as a discussion of the historical interpretation of the plain meaning of  text.

He then refers to debates from the time of the Founding Fathers. During the Constitutional Convention, the exclusion of treason from the pardon power was considered and rejected.

Edmund Randolph, as noted by Madison, spoke in favor of excluding treason, expressing concerns  the president himself could be guilty and use pardons to protect his own accomplices.

James Wilson responded pardons were necessary for treason cases and should be entrusted to the Executive.

If the president was involved in the guilt, he could be impeached and prosecuted. When the Constitutional Convention had the opportunity to explicitly prevent presidential self-pardons by excluding treason, it chose not to do so.

However, this conclusion is not valid for two reasons.

Firstly, the Convention did not specifically address a ban on presidential self-pardons. If self-pardons were considered valid, excluding treason would still leave them intact for other cases.

Secondly, it is not clear from the notes  Randolph, Wilson, or any other Founding Father even contemplated the inclusion of self-pardons in the pardon power. It is possible  Randolph's motion was solely concerned with a treasonous president pardoning his associates to shield himself, while Wilson may have only been thinking of those traitors and believed the impeachment power could address the misuse of the pardon power to protect them.

George Mason's argument against the pardon power during the Virginia ratifying debate, stating  it was dangerous to give the president the power to pardon crimes.  

However, even an opponent of the pardon power, when trying to provide an example of the harm it could cause, did not suggest  a self-pardon was possible.

To date, no one has presented any explicit examples from the Founding era of someone defending the idea  the president has the power or should have the power to pardon himself, nor has anyone explicitly stated  the president lacks or should lack  power. This suggests  the non-existence of such a power was simply assumed during  time.

However, the Founding Fathers could not have foreseen a scenario where a President would betray the very country they had pledged to safeguard and exploit it for personal gain. If they had been confronted with such a situation, many believe they would have imposed limitations on the Presidential pardon power.

Final Word: Biden cannot escape accountability for his actions! However, when the Democrats unite in support of him, praising his strategic utilization of the US Constitution and paint the Republicans as conducting a malicious witch hunt, it will force America to either humbly submit to the Swamp Kings in power or courageously resist and confront them.

What do you think?