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Why have Joe Biden’s preemptive pardons caused such a stir? A president’s pardoning power has few limits

  • Written by John Hart, Emeritus Faculty, US government and politics specialist, Australian National University

On his last day in office, outgoing United States President Joe Biden issued a number of preemptive pardons essentially to protect some leading public figures and members of his own family from possible retaliation by Donald Trump. It was a novel and innovative use of the presidential pardon power.

Among others, the preemptive pardons were for:

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