Former president Bill Clinton writes about his links to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein in his memoir, Citizen.. (Credit: Getty Images)
Former president Bill Clinton said he hopes Joe Biden doesn’t issue preemptive pardons for his wife or others as Trump prepares to take office.
Clinton made the remarks during an appearance on ABC’s “The View” on Wednesday.
“Mr. President, Trump will be returning to the White House…. with an alleged enemies list we are hearing. Do you think it would be wise of President Biden to preemptively pardon any potential targets? What about your wife, Hillary Clinton?” The View’s Sunny Hostin asked Clinton. “She apparently is on Kash Patel’s list.”
“Well, they’ve got a problem with [Hillary] because first, she didn’t do anything wrong,” Clinton replied. “Second, she followed the rules exactly as they were written. Third, Trump’s state department, Trump’s state department, found… they, remember how the emails was such a big issue in 20216? Trump’s state department found that Hillary sent and received exactly 0 classified emails on her personal device,” Bill Clinton said.
Clinton continued, “It was a made up, phony story, so you know, I guess if Kash Patel is determined to make one up, he could do it. But, I think if President Biden wanted to talk to me about that, I would talk to him about it. But, I don’t think I should be giving public advice on the pardon power. I think it’s too … it’s a very personal thing. But I hope he won’t do that. Most of us get out of this world ahead of where we would get if all we got was simple justice and so, it’s normally a fool’s errand to spend a lot of time trying to get even.”