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Biden’s Last-Minute Pardons Spark Controversy as Trump Era Looms

Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
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2 min readJan 24, 2025
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President Joe Biden’s last official acts provoked major political backlash when he granted clemency to high-profile recipients including former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney and Dr. Anthony Fauci. Most observers see these moves as protection against possible vengeance from incoming President Donald Trump. Experts in legal analysis point out that pardons issued by President Joe Biden do not grant Cheney and Fauci protection against compelled sworn testimony by subpoena or perjury prosecution. Federal litigation attorney Jesse Binnall stated perjury under oath remains a major offense which would produce severe penalties.

Current debate continues to intensify because skeptics point out the fairness concerns about conducting court cases in Washington D.C. From Trump’s vantage point he attacks Biden’s decisions by criticizing both Cheney’s and General Mark Milley’s pardons because he views them as being driven by politics.

The unprecedented Presidential action reveals multiple dimensions of the effects produced by presidential pardons with their reach extending far past the judicial context. Specially granted rampage pardons enable presidents to provide defense to people ahead of criminal legal proceeding initiation which experts consider misguided towards responsibility assessment. Presidential pardons…

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Dr. ADAM TABRIZ
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