Biden Considers Preemptive Pardons to Protect Allies from Trump’s Revenge

President Joe Biden is considering issuing preemptive pardons for several prominent individuals who may face potential retribution from the incoming Trump administration.

Anthony Fauci, the former White House special advisor on COVID-19, and former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney, a vocal opponent of Donald Trump, are among those reportedly being considered for these unprecedented pardons.

Trump has made very public his strong desire to exact justice to those he claims rigged the 2020 election for Joe Biden.

President Biden has apparently discussed with advisors about the possibility of issuing preemptive pardons, including for individuals that have not yet been charged with any crimes, before leaving office on January 20.

Biden caused an uproar on Sunday when, he pardoned his son Hunter, who was due to be sentenced this month in cases involving a gun purchase and tax fraud.

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff and retired Gen. Mark Milley may be considered for preemptive pardons to protect them from Trump. Milley, who called Trump “the most dangerous person to this country,” was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“WHEN I WIN,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform in September, “those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law.”

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Presidential pardons, issued at the end of a term, are not the first of its kind in the United States.

On his last day in the White House in January 2021, Trump pardoned 74 people accused of various crimes.

In September 1974, a month after Richard Nixon’s resignation, President Gerald Ford granted Nixon a “full, free, and absolute pardon” for any crimes committed during his presidency.

But the multiple preemptive pardons seemingly being considered by Biden to insulate several people from future prosecutions that might not ever happen could be a first of its kind.

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