Senate Democrats ponder preemptive pardons for Trump’s political foes

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Senate Democrats are weighing whether President Joe Biden should use his final moments of power to issue preemptive pardons to shield those who could receive political retribution from President-elect Donald Trump.

The conversations come against the backdrop of Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail, in which he threatened to seek revenge on people he considers his political foes, referring to them as “enemies from within.”

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