Pardoning Hunter was a good start to protecting against Trump's revenge
December 4, 2024 Fairfield Daily Republic The Other Side Pardoning Hunter was a good start to protecting against Trump's revenge By Kelvin Wade Kudos to President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter. But I argue the president has far more to do to protect the country from an incoming autocrat. We have a Supreme Court that has empowered an autocratic president-elect who has promised to use the executive branch to punish the “lunatic left," or as he likes to say “the enemy within.” Since he tried to install Matt Gaetz as attorney general and is planning on replacing the FBI director he appointed, Christopher Wray, with a lackey, we know he’s serious. A seriously unusual threat requires a seriously unusual defense. Joe Biden must use the presidential pardon power to thwart the upcoming misuse of the FBI and Justice Department by issuing pre-emptive pardons. Biden must pardon every member of the Jan. 6. committee, including former representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinge...