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Biden Autopen Pardons are Null & Void plus Fighting Horrific Nigerian Persecution of Christians

Published September 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 14:23

But, you know, there is only one human being on planet earth that can pardon anyone from a federal crime, and that is the sitting President of the United States. A former president. Can't do it. It is only the current president today, that is Donald Trump. A year ago, it was Joseph Biden. So. So if. Did I break a law working at the White House in that scenario, and will there be accountability? (14:23–14:31)

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Asserts that former presidents cannot issue pardons; only the current president can.

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“34,000 moderate Muslims died from jihadist attacks [in Nigeria since 2009].”
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“On December 12, 2024, the Biden administration commuted the sentences of roughly 1500 inmates and pardoned 39 others.”
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“On January 17, 2025, the administration issued 2,490 additional commutations, more in a single day than any president had ever granted over…”
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“At least some of them were signed using an auto pen of then President Biden's signature.”
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“Joe Biden, of all the final pardons, you know he signed only one.”
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“Boko Haram has killed over 50,000 Christians in Nigeria since their 2009 insurgency.”
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“Over 18,000 Christian churches and over 2,000 Christian schools have been attacked during the same time period [since 2009].”
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“Joe Biden was completely disengaged from the pardon and commutation process.”
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“A pardon or commutation only has legal force if the president makes the decision himself.”
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“There have been multiple reports about just how disengaged Joe Biden was in this process.”
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“This week, I wrote a letter to Pam Bondi, the attorney General, calling on the Department of Justice to systematically examine the evidence…”
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“Nigeria has seen a persecution of Christians that has been staggering.”
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“Just this week, over 60 people were murdered by jihadists, by radical Islamists in northeastern Nigeria.”
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“These clemencies were issued based on broad criteria rather than case by case evaluations.”
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“In the first year of the Biden presidency, he signed virtually everything. And as the years went on, he signed less and less and less.”
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“At the end, they were auto penning virtually everything. And that was contrary to the advice they got from the White House counsel.”
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“Leaked emails further show that the Biden White House implemented a process that separated the President from officials responsible for…”
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“Emails show officials across the administration struggled to verify that the President, quote, signed off on the specific documents.”
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“Mr. Biden did not individually approve each name for the categorical pardons that applied to large numbers of people.”
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“I'm calling for the Department of Justice...to systematically evaluate all of them and for any pardon, any commutation, that there is not…”
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“There is only one human being on planet earth that can pardon anyone from a federal crime, and that is the sitting President of the United…”
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“It's not clear that there is a violation of federal law. It's not clear that that's a criminal act. If you declare, I, Ben Ferguson, hereby…”
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“Look, then if there was a quid pro quo, that's bribery and that you can be prosecuted for.”
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“Of Hunter Biden, the only one that Biden signed.”
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“I don't know of specific evidence that the pardons at the end were in exchange for a quid pro quo.”
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“I think those are more political and ideological.”
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“I'm advocating the DOJ and the White House counsel analyze all of the records and determine those pardons or commutations that there is the…”
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“Now, commutation, they're shortening the sentences of criminals in jail.”
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“The next step might be to send the US Marshals to go arrest someone who had been commuted and released from jail and to remand him again to…”
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“Between 2015 and 2025, an estimated 145 priests were kidnapped in Nigeria.”
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“Jihadists killed over 200 Nigerian Christian villagers in a farming community that is 97% Catholic [in June].”
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“I filed legislation called the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025.”
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“It requires the Secretary of State to classify Nigeria as a country of particular concern.”
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“My legislation would ensure that the State Department keeps the Islamist terrorist groups Boko Haram and also ISIS West Africa designated as…”
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“My bill sanctions Nigerian government officials who facilitate persecution against Christians and other religious minorities.”
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“The State Department would have 90 days to submit a report on the Nigerian officials responsible for pushing blasphemy laws and for…”
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“The Biden Department of Justice actively discriminated against Christians and systematically targeted Christians.”
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“The Biden administration effectively turned a blind eye to the persecution of Christians abroad.”
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“During the Obama administration, there was a young woman in Sudan named Miriam Ibrahim [who] was sentenced to receive 100 lashes and then to…”
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“Her crime was being a Christian.”
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“The entire course of his presidency, [Obama] would not say her name.”
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“Ultimately, though, the international pressure became so acute that the government of Sudan gave in.”
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“I want to see the Trump administration designate Nigeria and use pressure.”
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“If you sanction the individual government officials who are complicit, who are facilitating it, who are enforcing and prosecuting so called…”
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“My hope is this legislation is shining a light, will protect the Christians who are in Nigeria and will stop the wide scale of murder of…”
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