West Virginia Democrats criticized President Biden's last-minute pardons, arguing they mirrored the actions of former President Trump.
West Virginia Democrats criticized President Biden 's last-minute executive clemency recipients, saying they would expect such actions from former President Donald Trump . In a statement released late Monday, local party leaders said they applauded Biden for leading the US 'through significant economic challenges' but blasted commutations being given to people convicted of public corruption. 'Public corruption is a betrayal of trust.
When officials abuse the power of their office for personal gain, they not only harm the communities they are supposed to serve, but they also erode faith in our government institutions,' wrote Chairman Mike Pushkin, a state lawmaker from Kanawha County. 'Even more troubling, these kinds of pardons are exactly what we would expect from President-elect Donald Trump, not President Biden.' WV LAWMAKER ARRESTED AFTER THREATENING TO KILL ENTIRE REGION'S DELEGATION OVER CAUCUS BEEF In a statement for the state party, Pushkin – a state delegate from Kanawha County – criticized Trump’s first-term pardons of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, Gen. Michael Flynn, political strategist Stephen K. Bannon and ex-Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz. 'By following this same path, President Biden has legitimized the idea that public officials who violate their oaths of office are above the law,' Pushkin said. 'Worse still, it will embolden Trump to issue even more pardons for political corruption if he returns to the White House.' Pushkin and other Democrats were particularly critical of Biden’s decision to pardon disgraced Pennsylvania Judge Michael Conahan, the key figure in the 'kids-for-cash' scandal. Conahan was convicted of receiving kickbacks for sentencing young people to for-profit prisons. Delegate Hollis Lewis, D-Charleston, told Fox News Digital he, too, took issue with Biden’s decision to give Conahan clemency. 'The one that got me upset was the judge who was involved in the cash-for-kids case,' he said
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