#POTUS #Biden issued preemptive #pardons to ret Gen #MarkMilley, #AnthonyFauci, members & staff of the #Jan6 congressional Cmte, & police officers who testified before the panel, in an extraordinary move just hours before #Trump’s #inauguration.
Biden explained that he was issuing the pardons not because of any wrongdoing by those included but to protect them after they had served their country. [damn straight]
#law #democracy #PublicService #NationalSecurity #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/20/biden-issues-preemptive-pardons/
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Nonilex
#Biden’s decision comes after #Trump has repeatedly threatened to go after those who have crossed him politically or attempted to hold him accountable for his role in the attack on the US Capitol on #Jan6, 2021, & his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
“These public servants have served our nation with honor & distinction & do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified & politically motivated prosecutions,” Biden said.
#law #democracy #PublicService #NationalSecurity #USpol
“I believe in the rule of #law, & I am optimistic that the strength of our #legal institutions will ultimately prevail over politics. But these are exceptional circumstances, & I cannot in good conscience do nothing,” #Biden added.
The president, hours away from the end of his decades-long political career, did not name #Trump in his statement, but he repeatedly alluded to Trump’s actions & comments about the pardon recipients.
#law #democracy #PublicService #NationalSecurity #USpol
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