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Comey says he 'never' considered asking Biden for preemptive pardon
Key takeaways
- I don t know, Comey responded after CNN s Kasie Hunt asked him whether he thought Biden might have granted him one if requested.
- It s what consoled Gerald Ford when he pardoned Richard Nixon, Comey said.
- I am innocent, so I wouldn t be accepting any pardons, he added.
Why this matters: political developments that affect policy direction and public trust.
I don t know, Comey responded after CNN s Kasie Hunt asked him whether he thought Biden might have granted him one if requested. I wouldn t have accepted it.
Comey, who has been indicted by Trump s Justice Department twice, defended his stance against accepting presidential pardons by pointing to a century-old Supreme Court precedent that doing so carried an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it.
It s what consoled Gerald Ford when he pardoned Richard Nixon, Comey said. He carried a quote from the case in his wallet till the day he died, because it meant Nixon had admitted guilt.
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