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Asunción de Washington: en el último minuto, Biden concede indultos preventivos a posibles blancos de Trump

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El presidente Joe Biden indultó al Dr. Anthony Fauci, al general retirado Mark Milley y a los miembros del comité de la Cámara que investigó el ataque del 6 de enero al Capitolio, utilizando los poderes extraordinarios de su oficina en sus últimas horas para protegerlos de una posible “venganza” de la administración entrante de Donald Trump.

La decisión de Biden se produce después de que Trump advirtiera sobre una lista de enemigos llena de aquellos que se han cruzado con él políticamente o han tratado de responsabilizarlo por su intento de revertir su derrota electoral de 2020 y su papel en el asalto al Capitolio de Estados Unidos el 6 de enero. de 2021.

Trump ha seleccionado a candidatos para su gabinete que respaldaron sus mentiras electorales y que se han comprometido a castigar a quienes participen en los esfuerzos por investigarlo.

“La concesión de estos indultos no debe confundirse con un reconocimiento de que cualquier individuo participó en algún delito, ni debe malinterpretarse la aceptación como una admisión de culpabilidad por cualquier delito”, dijo Biden en un comunicado.

Presidente saliente, Joe Biden. Foto: EFE

“Nuestra nación tiene una deuda de gratitud con estos servidores públicos por su incansable compromiso con nuestro país”.

Es costumbre que un presidente otorgue clemencia al final de su mandato, pero esos actos de misericordia generalmente se ofrecen a los estadounidenses comunes y corrientes que han sido condenados por delitos.

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Pero Biden ha utilizado el poder de la manera más amplia y no probada posible: para perdonar a quienes ni siquiera han sido investigados todavía. Y con la aceptación viene una admisión tácita de culpabilidad o mala conducta, incluso aunque aquellos que han sido indultados no hayan sido acusados ​​formalmente de ningún delito.

“Estas son circunstancias excepcionales y, en conciencia, no puedo hacer nada”, dijo Biden, y agregó que “incluso cuando las personas no han hecho nada malo -y de hecho han hecho lo correcto- y finalmente serán exoneradas, el mero hecho de ser investigado o procesado puede dañar irreparablemente la reputación y las finanzas”.

¿Quién es Anthony Fauci?

Fauci fue director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas de los Institutos Nacionales de Salud durante casi 40 años y fue el principal asesor médico de Biden hasta su jubilación en 2022.

Fauci fue director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas. Foto: APFauci fue director del Instituto Nacional de Alergias y Enfermedades Infecciosas. Foto: AP

Ayudó a coordinar la respuesta del país a la pandemia de COVID-19 y generó la ira de Trump cuando se negó a respaldar las afirmaciones infundadas del republicano sobre la pandemia.

Fauci se ha convertido en blanco de intenso odio y vitriolo por parte de la gente de derecha, que lo culpan por los mandatos para usar barbijos y máscaras y otras políticas que creen que infringen sus derechos, incluso cuando decenas de miles de estadounidenses estaban muriendo.

¿Quién es Mark Milley?

Mark Milley es el ex presidente del Estado Mayor Conjunto y calificó a Trump de fascista y detalló la conducta de Trump en torno a la insurrección del 6 de enero de 2021 que dejó un saldo de al menos cinco muertos.

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Mark Milley. Foto: APMark Milley. Foto: AP

Biden también está extendiendo los indultos a los miembros y al personal del comité del 6 de enero, incluidos los exrepresentantes Liz Cheney y Adam Kinzinger, ambos republicanos, así como a los agentes de la policía metropolitana del Capitolio de Estados Unidos y del Distrito de Columbia que testificaron ante el comité.

Biden, un institucionalista, ha prometido una transición fluida hacia la próxima administración, invitando a Trump a la Casa Blanca y diciendo que la nación estará bien, incluso cuando advirtió durante su discurso de despedida sobre una oligarquía en crecimiento.

Lleva años advirtiendo que el ascenso de Trump a la presidencia nuevamente sería una amenaza para la democracia. Su decisión de romper con las normas políticas con los indultos preventivos se debió a esas preocupaciones.

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Economy, immigration, Elon Musk at center of German election; conservative candidate favored to win

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Germans go to the polls Sunday as the conservative Christian Democrats, led by Friedrich Merz, are expected to oust current Chancellor Olaf Scholz. But the potential incoming chancellor has already signaled he will not rule with Germany’s right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.

Germany’s election has also caught the attention of Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk. Musk has championed the AfD as the best political party to fix Germany’s economic woes. Musk’s comments drew the ire of German politicians, and Chancellor Scholz accused the billionaire of interfering in Germany’s elections. 

Following a stabbing in Munich on Friday, Musk once again tweeted his support for AfD on X stating, «Only AfD can save Germany.»

Vance met with the leader of the AfD, Alice Weidel, at the Munich Security Conference and criticized the German government’s «firewall» policy of not cooperating with the AfD.

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Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor of the Social Democratic Party, left, and Friedrich Merz, right, leader of the Christian Democratic Union, at a TV studio ahead of a debate in Berlin, Germany, Feb. 19, 2025.  (Fabrizio Bensch/Pool Photo via AP)

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«The main political parties governing Germany have established a ‘firewall’ between themselves and the AfD, which essentially means they refuse to endorse, collaborate with or support far-right parties like the AfD,» Anna Hardage, fellow in European Studies at the American Foreign Policy Council, told Fox News Digital.

The AfD expects to have its best performance in an election, doubling its vote count from 2021, and could become Germany’s second-biggest political party.

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If Merz and his Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party refuse to work with the AfD, Germany may end up with a coalition of parties that have fewer shared priorities, except a shared desire to avoid partnering with the AfD.

Hardage noted that while the AfD will most likely be shut out of any governing coalition, the party’s success in mobilizing public opinion means its positions will shape public debates around the biggest issues facing Germany. 

Alice Weidel, AfD

Alice Weidel, AfD candidate for chancellor and leader of the AfD parliamentary group, talks to presenter Dunja Hayali in an interview on the ZDF morning show «moma vor der Wahl» Feb. 21, 2025, in Berlin. (Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

AfD has been able to capitalize on the German public’s fears over migration after a spate of violent incidents involving migrants. The party champions stricter immigration laws as the number of migrants across Germany and the EU has soared in recent years from various global conflicts.

The economy, security and immigration are the biggest issues, and they are successful because many voters attribute these big issues to the missteps of past leaders. Rafael Loss, a policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, told Fox News Digital Merz has moved the CDU to the right on these issues to win back AfD-curious voters.

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Emergency crews respond to a suspected terror attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany Dec. 20, 2024. (Heiko Rebsch/dpa via AP)

AfD might find common ground with President Donald Trump’s desire to end the war in Ukraine. The party has called for an end to security assistance to Ukraine and the lifting of sanctions on Russia. Loss said, however, that transatlanticism is at the core of the CDU’s identity, and Merz is convinced that Russia is an existential threat to German and European security, and it remains a priority for Ukraine to emerge victorious.

The sentiment is shared by Merz’s European counterparts.

Anti-Israel protest in Germany

Anti-Israel protest in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 18, 2023. (Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images)

«Conversations between European leaders of the past weeks, many of whom have also been consulting with Merz, suggest that German and European support for Ukraine will further increase rather than decrease,» Loss said.

Merz’s party has led in the polls for at least three years, with most polls showing a consistent lead for the CDU of around 30%. The election comes after Chancellor Scholz’s «traffic light» coalition fell apart in November over disagreements on fiscal issues. 

Economic issues have also led to a deterioration of Scholz’s popularity, and his government struggled to combat the post-pandemic rise in inflation and stagnating growth.

Friedrich Merz election poster in Germany

An election poster of Friedrich Merz, the CDU top candidate for chancellor, as the sun rises in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.  (Photo/Michael Probst)

The AfD has faced a barrage of criticism and controversy and was placed under surveillance by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency in 2021 and labeled a suspected right-wing extremist group because some members have reported ties to neo-Nazi groups. The party appealed the designation but was unsuccessful. Björn Höcke, the co-leader of the AfD in the state of Thuringia, and the party’s most prominent member of its extreme right wing, has been convicted several times for using Nazi rhetoric and symbols.

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Loss noted that, at the state level, of the 16 AfD state-level organizations, three are being considered as confirmed extremist groups, six are under surveillance as suspected extremist groups and another one is under investigation.

Germany’s Constitutional Court has only banned two political parties since 1949 — the Socialist Reich Party in 1952 and the Communist Party of Germany in 1956.


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