Joe Biden waited until the last hours of his mandate, Monday January 20, to make a decision that was both predictable and controversial in principle. The American president, who is giving up his place in the Oval Office to Donald Trump, has granted a preventive presidential pardon to officials and elected officials likely to be targeted by purely partisan prosecutions promised by the new administration.
The beneficiaries of this measure are General Mark Milley, former chief of staff of the armed forces, Doctor Anthony Fauci, former chief medical adviser to the White House and public incarnation of the fight against Covid-19, and finally, the elected officials and staff of the commission of inquiry into the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 established in the House of Representatives.
-Rejecting the idea that such pardons amount to an admission of guilt, Joe Biden motivated this preventive protection by “exceptional circumstances” forbidding him “in good conscience” to do nothing. These circumstances are the repeated statements of the president-elect and his supporters, drawing the contours of a vendetta. “ These public servants were subjected to threats and intimidation for faithfully carrying out their dutyexplains Joe Biden. [Ils] have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the target of unwarranted, politically motivated prosecution. »
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