President Joe Biden is reportedly considering granting pre-emptive pardons to Trump’s opponents, which would set a new precedent as a major expansion of presidential clemency powers.

There is no complete list, but the president and senior aides are considering pardoning allies such as Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff, former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and Dr. Anthony Fauci. According to to some report.

“It’s very rare to grant a pardon for something that hasn’t yet been prosecuted,” Josh Blackman, a professor at the South Texas College of Law in Houston, told DCNF. “Furthermore, it is even rarer to grant a blanket pardon for all crimes a person may have committed during a specific period of time. But Hunter Biden’s ‘get out of jail free’ card is , setting a new and far-reaching precedent.”

Biden pardoned his son last week after repeatedly saying he would let the jury’s decision stand. The pardon covers not only the gun and tax charges that Hunter Biden actually faced, but also any crimes that Hunter Biden “committed or may have committed” since 2014. Ta. (Related: ‘More skeletons in family closet’: Biden’s broad pardon for son looks like cover-up for ‘Nixon’ corruption)

biden said He believed politics had infected the process and “led to a miscarriage of justice.” The judge overseeing Hunter Biden’s tax case later wrote that while the president has broad powers to grant pardons, he cannot “rewrite history” and that Hunter Biden was prosecuted because of family ties. He pointed out that two federal judges have already rejected that claim.

“why [does the Biden Administration] Why give these pre-emptive pardons when they have done nothing wrong? Did they break the law? Have they committed a felony? ” – @mrddmia pic.twitter.com/QUNpQB9IXo

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Granting a pardon before a person has been charged is “highly unusual,” but there are several examples where it has been done. According to Go to the pardon attorney’s office.

According to the Justice Department’s website, examples include “President Gerald Ford’s pardon of President Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal, President Jimmy Carter’s pardon for Vietnam draft evaders, and President George H.W. Bush’s pardon of President Richard Nixon. including the pardon of Caspar Weinberger by President Trump also pardoned some people after their convictions but before they were sentenced, including former Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff Joseph Arpaio.

Ilya Shapiro, director of the Manhattan Institute’s Institute for Constitutional Law, told DCNF: “This is an expansion of pardon power beyond what Biden granted to his son (who was indicted but pardoned for all his activities).” he said. “It sets a precedent that an outgoing president can issue blanket pardons to all of his entourage. That’s not good — it’s likely to further dampen criticism from the left of President Trump’s use of his pardon power.”

Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, said Saturday that even if Trump doesn’t target any of his allies, a preemptive pardon would allow Biden to cast himself as a “white knight” protecting vulnerable allies. suggested that it would be possible.

“Biden wants to remove the stain of abusing the pardon power to benefit his own family by turning it into a literal party favor against other Democrats and Trump’s critics,” Turley said. wrote in the article. column For The Hill. “Despite President Trump denying any interest in retaliation by saying, ‘My revenge will be successful,’ a preemptive pardon leaves the impression that he preempted something that would actually happen. ”

In March, President Trump I wrote In Truth Social, he argued that Cheney “should go to jail with the rest of the unelected committee!”

His comment was in response to someone report Cheney participated in an interview with a Secret Service driver that directly contradicted claims by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson that Trump tried to get behind the wheel of the presidential SUV to the Capitol. It is said that he did. The January 6th committee completely failed to act. release Driver’s testimony.

But some Democrats, like Schiff, have indicated they don’t want a full pardon from Biden.. (Related: Hunter Biden pardon is just another broken promise by an administrator who has been plagued by ethics issues since the beginning)

“I don’t want to see a precedent where a president grants blanket pardons to members of his party and members of his administration when he leaves office,” Schiff said. said Monday’s LA Times. “There was talk that President Trump had done something like that when he left office, and that members of Congress like Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan were asking him for pardons. It would further weaken our democracy.” I think it’s completely unnecessary.”

So does Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar. said On MSNBC on Sunday, she said she “doesn’t support” preemptive pardons.

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