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What are presidential pardons and why did Joe Biden pardon Anthony Fauci? (www.bbc.com)

submitted 17 hours ago by pelespirit to c/politics

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During his final hours in office, US President Joe Biden issued a number of pre-emptive pardons to prevent what he called "unjustified... politically motivated prosecutions".

The pardons were for public officials including Anthony Fauci - who led the American response to Covid-19 - and people who investigated the riot at the US Capitol building in 2021.

Biden said this did not imply any "wrongdoing" by the group, but they faced the threat of baseless investigations as his rival Donald Trump returned to the US presidency.

Biden's pardons cover all members of the House Select Committee investigating the riot - which includes Liz Cheney - as well as their staff members and the officers who testified.

Biden also issued a pre-emptive pardon to Mark Milley, a former chairman of the Join Chiefs of Staff, who last year described Trump as "fascist to the core".

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

Its to protect them from the projection trump and republicans do which would be weaponizing indictments. Which they had already kinda started with fauci. People talk about them doing illegal things but they have so far managed to do everything technically above board. Trump obviously looked to bribe a foreign power for personal gain but the legal process did not give him a penalty. There is no process that I know of to bypass a pardon like you can simply not penalize an impeachment.