Trump says he respects presidential pardon power in wake of Fauci hearing

President Donald Trump stated that he respects the presidential pardon power, specifically regarding Joe Biden's preemptive pardon of Dr. Anthony Fauci. This admission followed a hearing where Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Biden's chief medical adviser, invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times. Trump noted that the power of pardon is considered the most powerful tool available to a president, despite the surrounding outcry regarding his own actions.