Biden weighs preemptive pardons for those on Trump's enemies list
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Biden weighs preemptive pardons for those on Trump's enemies list

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President Joe Biden's senior aides are considering the merits of issuing preemptive pardons for a range of current and former officials who President-elect Donald Trump may target, sources familiar with the discussions told Politico. White House officials are concerned that such pardons could suggest impropriety, only fueling Trump’s rhetoric against the so-called "deep state," and because those offered preemptive pardons may reject them. We must act with urgency to push back against these threats and prevent Trump from abusing his power.” The concern over a Trump White House's quest for revenge was underscored by the surprise pardon of Hunter Biden, the president's son, earlier this week. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., invoked Hunter Biden’s pardon this week in calling for the case-by-case pardon of “working-class Americans in the federal prison system whose lives have been ruined by unjustly aggressive prosecutions for nonviolent offenses.”

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