White House Weighs Preemptive Pardons for Potential Trump Targets
6th December 2024
The Washington Poop, a Voice of the Crust.
President Joe Biden and his top staffers are discussing whether to grant preemptive pardons to figures who might face the hostility of the incoming Trump administration, concerned that President-elect Donald Trump and others in his circle have threatened to go after their political adversaries.
Of course they are.
Among those being weighed for potential pardons are Anthony S. Fauci, who helped coordinate Biden’s covid-19 response; retired Gen. Mark A. Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who has called Trump a “fascist”; Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-California), who led the first impeachment effort against Trump; and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming), an outspoken GOP critic of Trump.
Obviously, they are expecting the Trump administration to bring the sort of manufactured charges that the Democrats raised against Trump. “Mommmeeee! Donald hit me back!”