President-elect Joe Biden departs the stage at an event on economic policy in Wilmington, Del., Jan. 8, 2021.
“I was not on the investigate-and-prosecute train before yesterday,” Kathleen Sullivan, a former chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party, said Thursday. “However, undermining the very foundations of democracy and the Constitution is a crime that can’t be ignored.” A Georgia elections official Saturday confirmed a third call that Trump made to officials in the state trying to reverse Biden’s victory. The calls began with one to Gov. Brian Kemp in early December to berate him for certifying the state’s election results. The efforts to change election results could be construed as illegal attempts at election interference or other criminal violations, but legal experts said proving a case could be difficult.
“Absolutely Trump should do jail time,” said Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York. A Justice Department investigation, Bowman said, “needs to happen on Jan. 20, as soon as possible.” Other Democratic organizations plan to pressure companies not to hire former administration officials, closing off the lucrative pathway into the private sector enjoyed by so many former White House staffers.
“I think back to the financial crisis of 2008,” said Jay Jacobs, the New York State Democratic chair. “We chose not to prosecute the banks, lenders, insurance and mortgage company executives who created the crisis and personally profited greatly. How did that work out for us politically? We can’t make everyone happy. So, instead, let’s just do the right thing.”
In remarks Friday in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden accused Republicans who sought to overturn his victory of perpetrating “the big lie,” but he said judgments of their fates in office should be left to voters. Biden’s reluctance to wade into the issue could become more problematic if Trump pardons himself or his family members, some Democrats said. They argued that such a move would warrant an investigation into what, exactly, Trump is pardoning himself for. It’s also not clear that a self-pardon would insulate Trump from federal charges. And it would not cover charges he might face from an investigation by state prosecutors in New York into his business dealings.
No. Biden has more than enough on his plate. The democrats have both houses of Congress. They investigate Trump.
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