WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump's administration, a preemptive move that would be a novel and risky use of the president's extraordinary constitutional power.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump 's administration, a preemptive move that would be a novel and risky use of the president's extraordinary constitutional power.The deliberations so far are largely at the level of White House lawyers.
Biden is not the first to consider such pardons — Trump aides considered them for him and his supporters involved in his failed efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election that culminated in a violent riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. But he could be the first to issue them since Trump's pardons never materialized before he left office nearly four years ago.
Is Considering Preemptive Pardons For Officials And Allies Before Trump Takes Office
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