In late-2024‚ President Joe Biden finds himself at a cross-roads regarding an un-common legal decision that could affect many White House workers
The chief executive is thinking about pre-emptive pardons to shield his team from any pay-back (which might come from Donald Trump) in coming years. Its a move that puts traditional White House rules against new-style presidential power use
White House legal experts are looking deep into this idea — which hasnt been done much before; Biden has talked about it with his top-level staff members but nobody knows what he will do. The whole thing is still up-in-air and might not happen at all
The choice puts Biden in a tough spot: he can stick to old-time White House ways that heʼs always backed‚ or take un-tested steps with presidential powers to keep his helpers safe. Right now its mostly lawyers who are checking what can be done‚ but the final word will come from the presidents desk