A Fox News’ reporter asked President Joe Biden if he would consider pardoning former President Donald Trump. Biden responded by laughing it off and said it was a “great question” before getting on the helicopter to Delaware.
The question stems from one posed to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running for president against Trump in the 2024 GOP primary.
On Friday, DeSantis said that he would consider pardoning Trump and the January 6 defendants when asked by a reporter. He said he would look at each case and then make a decision. More than 1,000 people were arrested in the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
Last month, Trump was charged with 34 felony counts in a hush-money scheme in New York City. He pleaded not guilty to all of them.
Special Counsel Jack Smith is investigating Trump over his retention of secret government documents. Boxes of documents were found at his Mar-a-Lago home last year. There is a separate investigation into Trump’s role in the 2021 riot at the Capitol.
DeSantis has been the governor of Florida since 2019. and won election after getting Trump’s endorsement.
Trump is the only president to have been impeached twice. The first impeachment was for attempting to coerce President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine to dig up dirt against Biden to harm his 2020 political campaign. The second was for “incitement of insurrection” during the Capital riot. He was acquitted on all counts for both impeachments.
