'Witness protection program': Ex-conservative urges rush to stifle Trump's revenge vow

President Joe Biden should use his pardon power to proactively shield people President-elect Donald Trump and his FBI nominee Kash Patel have singled out for retribution — and ignore the "myths" people are promulgating to argue he should refrain from doing so, former conservative turned-anti GOP pundit Jennifer Rubin wrote for The Washington Post on Monday.

Her advice followed alarm bells over Patel's writings that target a number of government officials, even some Republicans, as "Deep State" actors to be taken care of.