{"id":442,"date":"2025-01-23T02:51:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T02:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=442"},"modified":"2025-01-23T02:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T02:51:59","slug":"biden-pardons-for-cheney-fauci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=442","title":{"rendered":"Biden Pardons For Cheney, Fauci,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a round of last-minute pardons aimed at shielding allies from potential reprisals by President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden granted clemency to a select group of individuals\u2014but the move is not without complications for the recipients.<\/p>\n<p>Former Wyoming Republican congresswoman and Jan. 6 Committee co-chair Liz Cheney and Dr. Anthony Fauci were among the limited list of pardon recipients, a gesture Biden\u2019s aides say was intended to preempt acts of vengeance by Trump or his incoming administration.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10379\" src=\"https:\/\/interestingstories.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-51-1024x547.png-300x160.webp\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interestingstories.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-51-1024x547.png-300x160.webp 300w, https:\/\/interestingstories.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-51-1024x547.png-768x410.webp 768w, https:\/\/interestingstories.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-51-1024x547.png.webp 1024w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, legal experts were quick to point out that the pardons would not exempt either individual from having to testify under oath if subpoenaed.<\/p>\n<p>Federal litigation attorney Jesse Binnall pointed out that Biden\u2019s pardons do not shield Cheney Fauci from consequences if they lie under oath, should the GOP-controlled Congress subpoena them to testify. In his words, the pardons could be \u201cgreat news\u201d for anyone seeking to see the two prosecuted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a round of last-minute pardons aimed at shielding allies from potential reprisals by President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden granted clemency to a select group of individuals\u2014but the move is not without complications&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}