“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval.” That’s the president of the United States describing his own administration like a crime scene with a blast radius. If proximity to your office requires legal immunity, that’s not a workplace. That’s a RICO case with a dress code.
He’s citing Biden’s farewell pardons as precedent, which is like citing a fire escape to justify arson. Biden pardoned people who were threatened for doing their jobs. Trump is pardoning people before anyone’s even figured out what they did. The cleanup crew showed up before the body’s cold.
The quiet part used to be quiet. Now it’s a policy position with a measurement in feet.