A case for Biden pardoning Trump

[Prairie Gates]

12. Biden could wrap a Trump pardon with a tranche of other pardons

For example, he can say "We have to move on from these issues. So, I am issuing a pardon for

1) Trump
2) Jack Smith and his entire staff, as well as any federal officer involved in any of his investigations
3) All members of the January 6 Committee and their entire staffs, and any witnesses who testified before the committee
4) All non-violent January 6 defendants not convicted of sedition or conspiracy or insurrection (he should consider reducing some of the sentences for non-violent ones, however)
5) Any federal officer involved in January 6 investigations or prosecutions
6) Any officer of any state or local court who has been involved in Trump investigations, election interference investigations, etc.

This would put Trump in a position where he would have to issue pardons to VIOLENT January 6 offenders, as well as those convicted of sedition, seditious conspiracy, or insurrection. It would also significantly limit the revenge prosecutions that are in the offing.

Biden should also continue to follow up with large numbers of pardons for those caught up in the drug war. Not everybody, of course (you don't want to release El Chapo), but large numbers of the otherwise decent citizens who got gaffled up by the draconian enforcement and sentencing mechanisms for which Biden himself was partly responsible.