President Joe Biden just sobbed recently that he is still considering preemptive pardons for the political foes of the newly elected president-elect Donald Trump, including former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Wyoming representative Liz Cheney (R-Wyo. ).
Biden acknowledged in an appointment with USA Today in the Oval Office over the weekend that he had not yet made his final choice regarding whether to issue proactive clemency before Trump takes office on January 20.
In the meeting that was made available in print on Wednesday, Biden claimed that as part of his appointment with the president-elect at the White House following the November 2024 election, he tried to persuade Trump not to use social retribution against his foes.
Biden told USA Today,” I tried to make evident that there was no need, and it was illogical for his interest to go back and try to negotiate results.” ” He didn’t state,’ No, I’m going to… ‘ You know. He didn’t promote it. He simply generally listened”.
Biden also claimed that the choice between issuing preventative clemency before the close of his presidency do” a little bit” depend on the people Trump chose to fill key roles under the incoming administration.
According to USA Today, the president-elect has nominated Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to function as attorney general and Kash Patel, the former acting secretary of state to Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass. ) recently encouraged Biden to issue proactive clemency ahead of Trump’s inauguration.
After Trump won the election by a landslide over Vice President Kamala Harris in November, Markey told Boston Public Radio,” I think that without a doubt, Trump is going to try to act in a dictatorial way, in a fascist way, in a revengeful]way his ] first year. ” If it’s clear by January 19th that ]revenge ] is his intention, then I would recommend to President Biden that he provide those preemptive pardons to people, because that’s really what our country is going to need next year”.
Just three U.S. presidents have ever issued preventative pardons, according to USA Today, so if Biden does decide to do so, it will be a traditional decision.
