GOP Presidential Hopeful Suggests What Biden Can Do for Trump to ‘Unify the Country’
A candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential primary is suggesting how President Joe Biden can unify the country — and it involves his predecessor. In an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal , presidential…
A candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential primary is suggesting how President Joe Biden can unify the country — and it involves his predecessor.
In an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy wrote, “Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg campaigned on investigating Donald Trump, and he convinced a grand jury to deliver an indictment using a dubious legal theory that charges a misdemeanor (falsification of business records) as a felony by tying this to an ‘intent to commit another crime.’”
He went on:
“This prosecution sets a dangerous precedent that will likely lead to many more politically targeted prosecutions. President Biden can avert this danger and unify the country by issuing a pardon. If he fails to do so and I am elected president, I will pardon Mr. Trump on Jan. 20, 2025.”
Ramaswamy pointed out presidents “normally” do not have the authority to pardon people for violations of state laws.
“But this case is different. The New York felony charges appear to rely entirely on claims that Trump violated federal law,” he continued, adding, “Without the purported federal crimes, the state charges would be misdemeanors and the statute of limitations would have lapsed. That means if the alleged federal crime is pardoned, the state felony charges fall too.”
