{"id":12751,"date":"2026-08-27T13:16:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=12751"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:16:40","slug":"biden-considered-pardoning-trump-before-leaving-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/government\/biden-considered-pardoning-trump-before-leaving-office\/njackson\/2026\/08\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Considered Pardoning Trump Before Leaving Office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Biden may have come closer than anyone knew to handing Donald Trump the ultimate political get-out-of-jail-free card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Utah Gov. Spencer Cox claims Biden revealed during a private 2023 conversation that he and first lady Jill Biden had discussed pardoning Trump as the former president faced a growing pile of criminal charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The startling exchange appears in Cox\u2019s upcoming book, <em>Off Ramp: How to Be a Peacemaker in an Age of Contempt<\/em>, according to an excerpt published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/2026\/08\/spencer-cox-book-off-ramp\/688419\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a> and reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/biden-considered-pardoning-trump-before-leaving-office-republican-governor-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cox said the conversation unfolded inside a limousine during Biden\u2019s August 2023 visit to Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Republican governor decided to make a wildly unexpected pitch: Biden should use his presidential pardon power to spare the man who could soon become his general-election opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden\u2019s reported response was even more surprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou know, I\u2019ve actually considered this for a while,\u201d Biden told him, according to Cox.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The then-president allegedly added that he and Jill Biden had held a lengthy conversation about the idea in bed earlier that same week. Cox said Biden promised to give the proposal serious consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, Trump was facing two federal prosecutions\u2014one involving classified documents kept at Mar-a-Lago and another tied to his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those were the only cases Biden could have touched. A presidential pardon applies to federal offenses, not Trump\u2019s state charges or the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The private conversation reportedly came as Cox publicly went out of his way to welcome Biden to deep-red Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cox was the lone high-profile Utah Republican to attend Biden\u2019s speech at a Salt Lake City veterans hospital, where the president promoted expanded benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere has been some question over whether or not the governor of the state of Utah would welcome the president of a different party,\u201d Cox told the crowd, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/kutv.com\/news\/politics\/biden-utah-visit-2023-gov-cox-stands-out-as-lone-high-ranking-republican-at-bidens-event-united-states-veterans-affairs-hospital-salt-lake-city-utah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KUTV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cox called the controversy over simply welcoming a president from the opposing party \u201cinsane\u201d and urged Americans to find ways to disagree without treating political rivals as enemies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That appeal became the central theme of his new book\u2014and apparently drove his extraordinary pardon proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden ultimately kept the pardon pen away from Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he certainly did not put it away altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After repeatedly insisting that he would not intervene in his son\u2019s criminal cases, Biden issued Hunter Biden a sweeping pardon in December 2024 covering potential federal offenses committed over nearly 11 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hours before leaving office, Biden also granted preemptive pardons to five family members, Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, members of the House Jan. 6 committee and police officers who testified before it, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2025\/01\/20\/joe-biden-pardon-milley-fauci-january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roll Call<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cox was not the only prominent Utah Republican who believed pardoning Trump could have lowered the nation\u2019s political temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then-Sen. Mitt Romney made the same argument publicly in May 2024, saying Biden should have acted immediately after the federal indictments were announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019d have pardoned President Trump,\u201d Romney said, arguing that the country did not want to endure the prosecution of a former president in the middle of an election.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No pardon ever came.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump instead won his way back to the White House, and the federal cases against him were abandoned after the 2024 election under the Justice Department\u2019s longstanding policy against prosecuting a sitting president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cox later endorsed Trump after the 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, hoping the near-tragedy would push him toward a more unifying political style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Biden may have come closer than anyone knew to handing Donald Trump the ultimate political get-out-of-jail-free card. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox claims Biden revealed during a private 2023 conversation that he and first lady Jill Biden had discussed pardoning Trump as the former president faced a growing pile of criminal charges. 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