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Trump says he’d consider pardoning administration officials before he leaves office

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The president referred to pre-emptive pardons President Joe Biden issued on his last day in office to people Trump had threatened.

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NBC News and ABC News both lead with Trump’s openness to pardoning administration members before leaving office, and both extracts frame the remarks as a consideration of pre-emptive pardons rather than a completed action. NBC stays close to the interview itself, while ABC adds the angle that the comments could create a powerful incentive for loyalty in the White House.

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