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Preemptive Pardons?

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Joyce Vance
Dec 08, 2024
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I think the preemptive pardon issue—the idea that President Biden should use pardons for people who have not been charged yet but may be at risk under the Trump Administration—is a very difficult one to assess. Unlike the Hunter Biden pardon, specific to one person, there is speculation that these could be broader, akin to President Carter’s pardon of a…

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