Biden would make mistake issuing preemptive pardons for Trump foes: Washington Post column

Washington Post associate editor Ruth Marcus warned President Biden in a new column to ditch the idea of preemptively pardoning government officials who have gotten on President-elect Donald Trump’s bad side.

In the wake of the reports that the Biden White House is considering pardoning Trump’s political enemies so that the Department of Justice can’t go after them once he returns to office, Marcus urged the president to pump the brakes in a Washington Post column, saying the move will inspire...