Within 24 hours, President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden issued sweeping pardons that left both parties steamed and pointing fingers as to who pushed their pardon authority too far.
In the minutes before his presidency ended on Monday, Biden preemptively pardoned several family members who were targets of a House GOP investigation, as well as Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley, members of the House Jan. 6 committee, and others.
The final acts prompted severe backlash from Republicans, who called the moves an abuse of power, and even some Democrats, who said it set a bad precedent.
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However, later on Monday, one of Trump’s first presidential acts was to grant a sweeping pardon to rioters who entered the Capitol on Jan. 6,
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