GOP Gov: Biden Weighed Trump Pardon in Jill Pillow Talk
Cox said Biden seemed open to the idea, but no pardon was issued, and the episode appears in a book due out next month.
- On Thursday, The Atlantic detailed Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox's revelation that he urged President Joe Biden to pardon Donald Trump in August 2023 to reduce political tensions.
- Cox recounted pitching the idea while riding in a presidential limousine through Salt Lake City, where Biden revealed he and Jill had already 'had a long conversation about it.'
- Seeking to 'unify and save our country,' Cox also wrote to Trump urging unity over retaliation while partnering with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to advocate for reduced rhetoric.
- Ultimately, the pardon never came, and Cox wrote in Off Ramp: How to Be a Peacemaker in an Age of Contempt that neither experience turned out 'quite the way I'd hoped.'
- Following the 2025 assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah, Cox's research for his Disagree Better initiative became, in his words, 'painfully pertinent' to addressing polarization.
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Joe Biden considered granting Donald Trump a presidential pardon in 2023 and discussed the possibility with his wife, Jill Biden, according to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox. The Republican governor said Joe had already been weighing the idea when he personally urged him to pardon Trump. Cox believed this action could ease political tensions related to Trump’s criminal cases. Cox suggested pardoning Trump Spencer Cox suggested that Joe Biden grant Donald…
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