Biden considers pardons as Trump’s defense pick faces doubts

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00:00A president-elect Trump's pick for defense secretary continues to fight for that job

00:04here on Capitol Hill and at the White House, there's talk about what happens to Biden administration

00:09officials and allies once the new Trump administration comes to town.

00:14Three, two, one.

00:18Whoa!

00:19To President Biden for the final time presiding over the lighting of the National Christmas

00:24Tree.

00:25We continue to seek the light of liberty and love, kindness and compassion, dignity and

00:31decency.

00:32And behind the scenes at the White House, discussions about what comes next.

00:36Both Politico and the Associated Press report that Biden and his team are talking about

00:41issuing broad pardons to a number of administration officials and supporters, like Dr. Anthony

00:47Fauci, former Republican Representative Liz Cheney, Senator-elect Adam Schiff, and others.

00:53The pardons would be extraordinary, broadly worded to cover any potential federal crime

00:58in recent years, similar to the pardon just given to the president's son, Hunter.

01:03But that may go too far.

01:05Some of the people who have been mentioned as potential recipients of these pardons,

01:09like Adam Schiff, the newly elected senator, said they don't want the pardon and it would

01:14be sort of an admission of guilt.

01:16Well, I want to thank everyone.

01:18President-elect Trump, meantime, appeared at the Fox News Patriot Awards last night

01:23as his controversial pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, continues to lobby for the job

01:27on Capitol Hill, fighting back against accusations of sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement,

01:34and his drinking habits.

01:35This will not be a process tried in the media.

01:38I don't answer to anyone in this group, none of you, not to that camera at all.

01:43For now, Trump is standing behind Hegseth, but a number of Republican senators have doubts

01:48about his confirmation.

01:50In Washington, Doug Luzader, Fox News.