Joe Biden administration considers issuing pardons before Donald Trump takes office

The Joe Biden administration at the White House is discussing issuing pardons for some senior White House officials before handing over the seat to Donald Trump. U.S. President Joe Biden had announced that he pardoned his son following his conviction on federal tax and gun charges, and canceled the sentencing process scheduled for this month.

According to reports by local media on Thursday citing senior Democratic Party sources, the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden is considering introducing 'preventive pardons for current and former officials to protect them from potential prosecutions' after Donald Trump, who will take the presidential seat on January 20, 2025, arrives at the Oval Office.

Local media reports that among those most likely to be pardoned are high-level officials such as Senator Adam Schiff and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, members of the investigative committee that examined the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot, and Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who was heavily criticized by Republicans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It appears that the Joe Biden administration is discussing preventive pardons following the nomination of Kash Patel, who has vowed to go after Trump's critics, as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

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