Alvaro Bedoya, one of two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission President Trump fired, to @leilafadel.bsky.social: "This is a naked power grab on behalf of the president, and it is going to open the door ... for corruption and corporate giveaways, I think, for his top donors."

In an @npr.org interview with @leilafadel.bsky.social, shortly after he was pardoned by President Biden, @raskin.house.gov said, "Obviously, it's a strange thing for pardons to be issued for people who've just done their job and have not committed any offense or wrongdoing."