Biden is considering preemptive pardons for officials and allies...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : While the president´s pardon power is absolute, Biden´s use in this fashion would mark a significant expansion of how they are deployed, and some Biden aides fear it could lay the groundwork for an even more drastic usage by Trump.
44% : Kash Patel, whom Trump has announced as his nominee to be director of the FBI, has listed dozens of former government officials he wanted to "come after.
44% : Some fear that Trump could use the promise of a blanket pardon to encourage his allies to take actions they might otherwise resist for fear of running afoul of the law.
32% : They also worry that issuing pardons would feed into claims by Trump and his allies that the individuals committed acts that necessitated immunity.
30% : They fear that Trump and his allies, who have boasted of enemies lists and exacting "retribution," could launch investigations that would be reputationally and financially costly for their targets even if they don´t result in prosecutions.
26% : On the campaign trail, Trump made no secret of his desire to seek revenge on those who prosecuted him or crossed him.
17% : That could serve as a model for other pardons Biden might issue to those who could find themselves in legal jeopardy under Trump.
3% : Trump has talked about "enemies from within" and circulated social media posts that call for the jailing of Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former Vice President Mike Pence and Sens. Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer.

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