Jason Miller: Notion Biden would pardon Trump 'a complete media manipulation'

Trump-Vance transition team senior advisor Jason Miller dismissed the idea of President Biden pardoning President-elect Trump Monday night, calling the notion a "complete media manipulation."

When asked by Fox's Laura Ingraham if Trump would accept a pardon from Biden, Miller maintained that Trump did nothing that would need such an action.

"At this point, I don't know what Joe Biden is going to pull. I think it's nonsense if it's some aspect of some PR play he might try to do it. But President Trump did absolutely nothing wrong. That's why everything is disappearing," Miller said on Fox News Channel’s "The Ingraham Angle."

When pressed again, Miller said he didn't want to speak for the president-elect, but suggested that the public can see through the "media manipulation."

"I’m not going to go and put words in the president’s mouth. But everyone sees exactly what’s going on. This is a complete media manipulation by Joe Biden. And quite frankly, the American public does not want to hear what 'Morning Joe' and Mika [Brzezinski], have to say. They want to hear what’s going to happen to secure the border and make their bank accounts bigger," Miller said.

Biden shook the political world on Sunday night with a blanket pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, despite repeatedly saying he wouldn't do it. Some Democrats have criticized the move, which they see as a political gift to Republicans, who have long complained of the "weaponization" of the justice system.

A jury in Delaware found Hunter Biden guilty of three felonies stemming from the president’s son’s 2018 purchase and possession of a revolver while he used drugs. In California, he later pleaded guilty to nine tax charges to avoid trial in the second case brought by special counsel David Weiss. Sentencing hearings in both cases were roughly two weeks away.

Hunter Biden asked the federal judges overseeing his criminal cases to dismiss them after the pardon was announced on Sunday.

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