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On his last day in office, outgoing United States President Joe Biden issued a number of preemptive pardons essentially to protect some leading public figures and members of his own family from possible retaliation by Donald Trump.

It was a novel and innovative use of the presidential pardon power.

Among others, the preemptive pardons were for:

• retired General Mark Milley (former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff),

• Anthony Fauci (Biden’s former chief medical advisor)

• members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 2021 insurrection of the US Capitol, including Trump critic Liz Cheney (a former House member from Wyoming)

• five members of his family, including his siblings.

The pardons for Fauci, Milley and Biden’s family members specifically cover any “offences against the United States” that may have been committed from January 1 2014 through to the date of the pardon.

At various times in recent years, Trump has indicated his intention to go after