Do Biden’s preemptive pardons offer a safety valve or set bad precedent?

In a sweeping act of presidential power in his final hours in office, President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to over a dozen people who faced the threat of legal investigation by the incoming Trump administration.

The recipients ranged from members of the Jan. 6 committee and their staff to Capitol police who testified about the events of the Capitol riot. Mr. Biden also singled out Gen. Mark Milley, who served under President Donald Trump, and Dr. Anthony Fauci, who managed the COVID-19 pandemic under both Presidents Trump and Biden. The outgoing president also pardoned five members of his own family.

While technically within the bounds of the presidential pardon power, no president has issued so many late pardons to individuals yet to be convicted of – or even investigated for – committing crimes…

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