The Preemptive Pardons

I don’t believe President Biden is done quite yet with his gross abuse of the pardon power. As this is written, there are still about three hours left in his presidency — plenty of time to pardon key players in the Biden family business of selling Ol’ Joe’s political influence to the Chinese Communist Party, Ukrainian oligarchs, and other agents of corrupt and anti-American regimes. But the preemptive pardons announced this morning for the House January 6 Committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and General Milley (see our David Zimmermann’s report) continue the scandal.

To my mind, the interesting question is whether these public officials will accept the grants of clemency.

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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I don’t believe President Biden is done quite yet with his gross abuse of the pardon power. As this is written, there are still about three hours left in his presidency — plenty of time to pardon key players in the Biden family business of selling Ol’ Joe’s political influence to the Chinese Communist Party, Ukrainian oligarchs, and other agents of corrupt and anti-American regimes. But the preemptive pardons announced this morning for the House January 6 Committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci, and General Milley (see our David Zimmermann’s report) continue the scandal.

To my mind, the interesting question is whether these public officials will accept the grants of clemency.

About the Author

Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.