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Biden mulls preemptive pardons for US officials in Trump’s firing line

President Joe Biden is considering issuing pardons to officials at risk of legal retribution from the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump [File: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]

United States President Joe Biden is considering whether to issue blanket pardons for current and former public officials who risk being targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.

The president has discussed the preemptive measure against potential revenge attacks with senior aides, but no decisions have yet been taken, according to sources who spoke anonymously to The Associated Press and Reuters news agencies on Thursday.

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