Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump

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69. Doubt this happened in a vacuum- Trump admin likely given a wink and heads up

This, in effect, lets him off the hook too because he doesn't have to follow through with his audacious threats to persecute these individuals and no doubt lose in the courts and it also gives him some handy dandy precedence to hang in his closet for 4 years from now for his criminal co-conspirators and family members. I expect to hear some blustering, and then nothing about this again until 2029 when he's headed out the door, when we'll see a new record number of preemptive pardons.

The Biden admin ends their tenure of service looking like heroes to the base, Trump avoids having to waste time/money on fruitless prosecutions, a bunch of Important People in DC feel safe from the incoming admin, a bunch of other Important People in DC who will be ON the incoming admin feel safer now from the next admin. The Powers That Be are all the winningest winning winners.