Romney: President Biden Should Have Pardoned Trump ‘Immediately’ on Federal Charges, Pressured Local Prosecutors

Romney: President Biden Should Have Pardoned Trump ‘Immediately’ on Federal Charges, Pressured Local Prosecutors
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington on April 26, 2022. Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said he would have “immediately pardoned” former President Donald Trump if he were in President Joe Biden’s position when federal criminal charges first emerged.

“Had I been President Biden, when the Justice Department brought on indictments, I would have immediately pardoned him. I'd have pardoned President Trump,” Mr. Romney told MSNBC.