Those Other Pardons We've Been Asking For? The White House is Considering Them

In a recent diary, The Hunter Biden Pardon Was the Right Thing to Do [Updated], in which I argued that President Biden was right to pardon his son Hunter because of fears of what Trump and his lackeys might to him once they got power, a number of comments said that Biden should do the same for all the others on Trump’s sh!tlist for the same reason. Well, today Politico reports that the Biden White House is thinking about doing just that: Biden White House Is Discussing Preemptive Pardons for Those in Trump’s Crosshairs

President Joe Biden’s senior aides are conducting a vigorous internal debate over whether to issue preemptive pardons to a range of current and former public officials who could be targeted with President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, according to senior Democrats familiar with the discussions.

Biden’s aides are deeply concerned about a range of current and former officials who could find themselves facing inquiries and even indictments, a sense of alarm which has only accelerated since Trump last weekend announced the appointment of Kash Patel to lead the FBI. Patel has publicly vowed to pursue Trump’s critics.