Former Vice President Joe Biden leaves a campaign event last month in Wilmington, Del. If Biden wins the election, he may face political pressure over what to do about President Trump.Former Vice President Joe Biden leaves a campaign event last month in Wilmington, Del. If Biden wins the election, he may face political pressure over what to do about President Trump.
"I don't believe that anybody is above the law," he said,"On the other hand, I also have a belief that we need to look forward, as opposed to looking backwards." Goldsmith said most people aren't talking about how a Biden Justice Department might handle Trump but said he thinks they should be. It's never happened before, and it's a political time bomb. Bringing a criminal case against a former president could widen the divide in the country.
Democrats impeached Trump in a process that ran from 2019 into this year over the Ukraine affair, but Republicans used their majority in the Senate to protect the president. Trump, when he ran in 2016, called his opponent, Hillary Clinton,"crooked" and ate it up when crowds called for Clinton to be incarcerated. Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn joined the audience in cheers onstage four years ago at the Republican National Convention.
You must be true believer of “King could do no wrong”. UK, France, Germany has hanged, prosecuted as well as forced Kings to abdicate. South Korea and India has prosecuted president and prime minister respectively. Israel is about to do the same. They are not failed democracies
The last 4 years have confirmed for me that our government is not even functional anymore. We have had an obviously unqualified and embarrassingly ignorant man serving as President, who is literally doing whatever he wants and our government is powerless.
Prosecute the criminal...otherwise 20 more will push in behind him. Maximum security prison. No deal. The same compassion he’s shown for toddlers in cages ripped, kidnapped from their parents.
If Biden wins the election, Americans will have to decide whether to accept their authority or their legitimacy.
He has done illegal things but since it might be seen as political instead of justice it will be dropped? That says what he did was ok.
Naw. Shit’s gone way too far. Rule of law for EVERYONE
If Trump loses the election then the country needs to move on and let Trump do the same. These prosecutions are hugely expensive and distract politicians who need to be focused on what is best for Americans not what is best for individual politicians or political parties.
Anita Hill’s sexual harassment testimony about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 1994 was led by Joe Biden and Orrin Hatch. Biden called no independent experts and forced Hill to defend herself alone against an avalanche of immensely powerful white men.
BS. Consequences for this outright traitor are necessary. We need to deter anyone in the future from effing with our democracy like President Trump has.
Should Trumps DOJ investigate Biden/ Obama over Russian colussion hoax? Or General Flynn?
So Democrats say Trump is the most corrupt President in history yet they think prosecuting him would be bad for democracy. It's almost as if they don't actually care about his crimes 🙄
Biden won’t try to make it happen because it sets a precedent of investigations and charging presidents which he and others could vulnerable too. It’s obviously morally and legally right to investigate trump.
I think it would be a bad move. This country is divided enough right now...maybe best to just move on.
Follow the law without prejudice or favor.
Yes. We went easy on the confederacy. We went easy on the nazis. And here we are today with the modern manifestations of those groups still trying to seize power by any means necessary. These people see kindness as weakness, so its time to give them a taste of their own medicine.
Will Biden's attorney general be Biden's pet dog? Of course not! Biden has no intention and no need to control the Justice Department as extreme as trump! Trump has a lot of primitive sins, but Biden has almost no!
Why is that tough? Should be easy.
Being soft on Trump, who’s broken just about every law he could as president, is a great way to lose the election.
There is no right answer for Joe, he may know what he wants but this is such an inflammatory question that it is bound to alienate someone and in politics you need friends not enemies. Maybe our new VP will handle this one!
Thump needs to be prosecuted or we could end up with another crazy bastard like him. Need to send a message.
No. It would show that we value democracy and will punish attempted dictators and traitors.
Investigate President Trump for what? Have you speculated, at all on investigating Obama for spying on Trump? Or is this strictly partisan - NPR?
That move is absolutely necessary for our democracy.
When a forensic financial & legal account of trump's malevolent reign is allowed out the magnitude of his crimes & immorality will be horrifying even in today's dumbing down & numbing of his daily illegal, & inhumane behavior. What Ford had to do pardoning Nixon does not apply
Because they all do the same things corruptionwise. So, duh
Ya, too bad you need evidence
it's not tough at all: prosecute realDonaldTrump after he loses the election.
Biden is feeble and Harris is FAR LEFT RADICAL! Guess who will have the most input about running our Country! Cringe, cringe! (Down the tubes we go if they are elected!)
All I care about is removing Trump from office. Everything else is secondary.
BIDEN will be BAD for democracy and Harris will be even worse! Get used to it!
That Russia probe worked out well.
And there’s iron clad proof of Trump’s criminal activity, right?
JoeBiden You must prosecute. US Democracy will not stand if Trump and his enablers get off free.
Under what jurisdiction does a US President's criminal activities in office fall under under after leaving office? Assuming an impeachment/conviction is the same as losing reelection, the Constitution states that a president is criminally liable but doesn't specify beyond that.
It’s bad either way. Can’t let his corrupt grifting presidency go unpunished versus bad precedent to investigate past presidents.
ProsecuteTrump TrumpCrimesCommission TeamJoe SpeakerPelosi
I always used to think that accountability was a component of democracy. When those who govern through “law and order” do so in the vein of circumventing responsibilities as they punish others and enrich themselves, those interested in justice have a duty to hold them to account.
Hahahahaha hahahahaha
So many tough questions - that is not one of them - really disappointing coverage, NPR
Trump has so much blood on his hands and Biden doesn’t want to prosecute him?
ProsecuteTrump
What’s bad for democracy is NOT prosecuting. If there are no consequences for Trump and his enablers, the next psychopath in the White House could be even worse.
The author is an idiot. He's bullshit! The Department of justice does not sue trump, does not mean that other agencies do not prosecute trump! Obviously, Biden's relationship with his attorney general will not be like that between trump and Barr!
Our entire govt is bad for democracy, n i believe theyd be honest that we dont have a democracy, but that would bring the people on the left n right together in revolt
If he stops the investigation, he's as guilty as Trump is. He HAS to let the rule of law/justice prevail or the Republic is lost.
Fuck that. If he is a criminal, which he is, he should be held accountable. It doesnt matter what job he has held.
What are the standards for editing titles? White corporate media, add Black people to your newsroom. We actually know and care about the contours of democracy
televangelist They can go after him for crimes he committed before he was president; Biden should have nothing to do with it, it will be up to the attorney general to decide
Now do Hunter Biden and Burisma.
Letting this administration off the hook for actual illegal activity would be VERY wrong.
Only if they find probable cause that a crime was committed.
No need to worry about that question. No interest in Obamagate? Okay to spy on political opponents & lie to FISA Court? Interesting.
Lol for what crimes?
No President should ever make the call about who is and is not prosecuted and no candidate should be trusted who cannot bring him- or herself to publicly declare that simple democratic truth.
Let’s become South Korea, each president serves a term or two in office, then an equal amount of time in prison! Of course Focusing on trump may be worse for Biden after he must vacate the office in 2024 due to health concerns and a GOP president replaces him!
If Joe Crow Joe gets elected he needs to fix the prison system he created and give reparations to ADOS. Other than that he and Kamala are useless for us.
cf. Julius Caesar
NPR manages to turn rhetoric into a hit piece on Trump? How shocking! Vague innuendo that threw in the whole kitchen sink (Congress, Manhattan DA, Federal prosecutors & Justice Dept.). And of course, 'quotes' (promo-opp) from Crooked Kamala! DefundNPR CultureOfDeath
JoeBiden not holding this regime accountable will only invite the same methods from them in the future.
Justice is justice. The President isn’t above the law. Simple as that.
It seems to me that Trump is going to be in trouble no matter who prosecuted him.
Investigate. Prosecute. Throw his ass and everyone else associated with his corruption in jail.
Dems going back to the old playbook of being weak! This man damaged our democracy and has to be held accountable
How is it bad for democracy to prosecute the person shitting on democracy?
Let’s get him elected before we hypothesize...
npr is not worth capital letters.
Investigate for what? Trying to clean up corruption in Washington... good thing we will never find out trump2020 Biden has 0 chance of winning and obamagate CorruptDemocrats corruptMSM corruptBigTech won't be enough to steal the election CabalTakeDown
Once Congress turns blue they will complete the investigation stalled by MoscowMitchMcConnell and we can have balance of power.
The salvation of our national soul depends upon the relentless prosecution of public enemy 1. While we're at it, let's not forget his cabal of criminal enablers.
Trump needs to repay the American people for the cost of special lodging at his own resorts.
Now do Obama...when will all the criminals working under him see justice?
npr = fake news
On my life JoeBiden if you don’t prosecute this criminal then you will verify that tRump has been telling the truth all along. It was all a hoax. You will also allow every single candidate to solicit foreign assistance in their elections. KamalaHarris I’ll riot.
I think he means to say prosecuting Trump would piss off a third of the population and harm his and the DNC's image. Maybe even create the precedent for Republican presidents to prosecute Democrats.
Let the southern district of NY have him.
He will probably wait to prosecute Trump after Hillary. It's important to keep the schedule
Won't happen unspoken rule with Presidents. Bill Barr on the other hand, he is a bad cop.
Why are people seemingly troubled by his statement? It's not binary; it's not like if the Pres does not order investigations, they will not be done.
For what? Making us safer? Building a great economy? My area has done well since Trump was elected. I am thankful everyday that I live in a beautiful RED voting area! VoteRedToSaveAmerica
If anything good comes out of the Trump presidency, it should be laws that protect the people from Politicians lying and misusing their offices.
So long as he doesn’t interfere to stop prosecution by the DOJ. Moving on for “the sake of the country” is how Barr and others are still around. Trump was a criminal before he was president , and has kept up his crimes while in office. He deserves prison.
Why isn’t Hilary in jail? Why isn’t Hunter in jail?
As much as we would all love to see trump in jail this would have to be all done before he declares he will run again in 2024, it would be a total mess if he were to investigate someone who is considered his opponent.
Investigate and prosecute for... what? Rhetoric and vacuous allegations in the media are not a basis for prosecution.
I'm just hear to laugh my ass off at the comments
he's patently wrong on this. this is the only way to preserve democracy. everything trump has done is anti-democratic. refusing to hold him accountable teaches others they can do the same & get away with it. democracy doesn't protect itself. it must be defended and fought for.
Didn't he say 'I won't get in the way, but the Justice Department isnt the president's personal lawyer'? Seems pretty logical to me. Did I miss another quote from him on this?
And you already know Republicans would cause an uproar about it, despite calling for prosecution of Obama and Clinton for *checks notes* ever?
This isn’t Nixon. If we don’t prosecute Trump what does that show? That an elected official can terrorize our country & almost break it because hey..he’s president? No consequences? People will hate him.
We have to stop with the “bad for democracy” nonsense. If people are committing crimes we need to peruse that. This applies for both sides of the isle as our current legislative and executive branches are full of crooks. But they all protect each other “for democracy”
Hell yeah
The question is, 'has there been criminal conduct?', the answer is, 'definitely Yes'. If the President is really not above the law, then he needs to be investigated. His activities were not conducted in good faith for the benefit of all Americans.
Might be politically wiser to let NY deal with realDonaldTrump and his kids after the election. They’ve got enough just with their state investigations.
the evil that resides among Democrats ambitions is so intense it is hard to understand. Pure unadulterated evil.
This is not a tough question in this case. Trump’s crimes are so plentiful and so egregious, and have done irreparable harm to the US. He is a traitor who has killed Americans and has perverted and politicized every agency. Justice must be done.
connorhinnant SayHisName 5 year old white boy, shot in head and murdered by a black man, for riding his bike thru yard
Nice if you to change opinions, re: Hillary 2016 emails
Hey
He said he wouldn't interfere, because it's the job of his Attorney General! Unlike Trump, he doesn't consider the DOJ his personal law firm. Jesus, People.
Not going after Trump and his evil administration would doom the democrats in 2024.
'Biden so far has been cautious with the question, saying he wouldn't interfere, but that SUCH A MOVE MAY BE BAD FOR DEMOCRACY' – We completely agree... CC: 60Minutes CC: ThisWeekABC CC: FareedZakaria CC: MeetThePress
They'll pardon him. Trump's just playing his part in the oligarchs' dog and pony circus.
It's unavoidable that evidence of massive criminal activity will be exposed when Trump's cronies lose control. We all know it's going on. The question is what to do when it comes to light- and the health of our Democracy needs their to be consequences.
It’s exactly what democracy needs; accountability.
Ukraine Prosecutor General, Iryna Venediktova, has opened a criminal case against Joe Biden based upon the recordings of talks between former vice president of the United States and former president, Petro Poroshenko.
It depends upon the severity.
JoeBiden will not be GeraldFord.
prosecute trump for prosecuting human traffickers?
Judge Frees Man Who Spent More Than 13 Years In Prison For Crime He Says He Didn’t Commit Judge rips Harris' office for hiding problems via SFGate
Defund NPR they have lost their minds
Corruption is corruption and needs to rooted out. We cannot be solvent as a nation w/o cleaning up the mess of these past 4 years. America need to demonstrate that this should NEVER be tolerated again.
Impressive gaslighting. Trying to suppress Trump's investigation into Obama, eh? Scared?
He already answered this question NPR. He will not interfere in the process.
Lock him up!
Prosecute him please because the next Republican President will be a Trump supporter and follow his lawlessness.
They better.
Lock them up!
For what ?
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