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Biden faces politically thorny decision on Trump prosecutions
[The Hill] One of the biggest tests awaiting President-elect Joe Biden after he takes office is how his Justice Department will handle calls from some Democrats to investigate and prosecute President Trump.The hits just keep on comin'! Trump will lose expansive legal protections after Jan. 20, and the new administration will have to decide whether to follow up on congressional and local law enforcement investigations or try to turn the page on the Trump era and avoid the political risks that could come with such an unprecedented court case. No former president has ever been charged with a crime after leaving office, but Trump is already the subject of a number of probes. In New York, the state attorney general and the Manhattan district attorney are conducting fraud investigations into his past business practices. And Biden will likely face pressure from some Democratic lawmakers and voters to go after Trump for what they believe has been a presidential term rife with abuses of power. "Donald Trump along with his worst enablers must be tried for their crimes against our nation and Constitution," Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), a veteran of the House Ways and Means Committee, said in a statement this past week. "Importantly, any further abuse of the sacred pardon power to shield criminals would itself be obstruction of justice, and any self-pardons would be illegal." Posted by: Bobby 2020-11-22 |
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