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Biden's inner circle weighs preemptive pardons ahead of Trump's 2nd term: report (www.rawstory.com)

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President Joe Biden's senior aides are reportedly having vigorous internal discussions on whether to preemptively pardon a number of current and former officials who could face the wrath of President-elect Donald Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ooh, that's a fun idea. I assume a pardon requires a named specific person, though, no?

[–] edgemaster72 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Pull every expired visa, rubber stamp the pardons for all of them on the off chance the person overstayed. I think you can limit the pardon only to the "crime" of overstaying, so you'd avoid pardoning actual criminals. That would get you most of the way there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like a good start, to be sure!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Pardons like this have been done a few times, most recently by Carter