“Journalism is not a crime!” declared Biden Saturday, as he put aside the evening’s punch lines for a serious show of solidarity with jailed and persecuted journalists around the world, including Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who has been falsely accused of espionage by the Russians, and Austin Tice, a kidnapped American journalist who is believed to be held by the Syrian government.
I assumed a pardon could only be done after a sentence. But apparently it was already done before sentencing.
it feels very wink wink nudge nudge to me