Biden Aides Dis­cussing Pre­emp­tive Par­dons For Fau­ci, Schiff, Cheney: Report

Accord­ing to a new report, Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s aides are dis­cussing whether he should pre­emp­tive­ly par­don gov­ern­ment offi­cials to pro­tect them from pos­si­ble inquiries or indict­ments from the incom­ing Trump admin­is­tra­tion.

“White House offi­cials … are care­ful­ly weigh­ing the extra­or­di­nary step of hand­ing out blan­ket par­dons to those who’ve com­mit­ted no crimes, both because it could sug­gest impro­pri­ety, only fuel­ing Trump’s crit­i­cisms, and because those offered pre­emp­tive par­dons may reject them,” POLITICO report­ed.

Names men­tioned by POLITICO include mem­bers of Con­gress’ Jan. 6 Com­mit­tee as well as Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D‑CA), for­mer Rep. Liz Cheney (R‑WY), and Dr. Antho­ny Fau­ci.

“The ben­e­fi­cia­ries know noth­ing,” one source insist­ed to POLITICO.

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Some Democ­rats in Con­gress are urg­ing Biden to issue the par­dons. Mass­a­chu­setts hard-Left Sen­a­tor Ed Markey, attack­ing Trump, said in late Novem­ber, “I think that with­out ques­tion, Trump is going to try to act in a dic­ta­to­r­i­al way, in a fascis­tic way, in a revenge­ful first year … towards indi­vid­u­als who he believes harmed him. … 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.”

Rep. Bren­dan Boyle (D‑PA) said on Wednes­day, “This is no hypo­thet­i­cal threat. The time for cau­tious restraint is over. We must act with urgency to push back against these threats and pre­vent Trump from abus­ing his pow­er.”

Ear­li­er this week, White House Press Sec­re­tary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters, “As it relates to par­don- — par­don­ing or any clemen­cy, the pres­i­dent, as you know, at the end of the year, makes announce­ments. He’s think­ing through that process very thor­ough­ly. There’s a process in place, obvi­ous­ly. And so, once — I’m not going to get ahead of — of the pres­i­dent on this. But you could expect more announce­ment, more par- — par­dons and clemen­cy at the end of — at the end of — at the end of this term.”

Asked how soon those oth­er par­dons could come, she answered, “I don’t have a time­line for you. As you know, this usu­al­ly hap­pens towards the end. And so, the pres­i­dent is going through that process, think­ing through that process. I’m not going to get ahead of him. But you can expect more announce­ments to come.”