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Biden pardoning Trump would be the opposite of 'unity'

By Hayes Brown

Special counsel Jack Smith moved on Monday to end the federal prosecution against President-elect Donald Trump. The filings confirm that Trump will not face accountability for his alleged federal crimes. But that's not enough for some observers. Hours before Smith moved to dismiss the cases against Trump, The Washington Post's opinion section published a call for President Joe Biden to "make good on his inaugural promise" to bring America together by pardoning the incoming president entirely.

In the essay, the American Enterprise Institute's Marc Theissen and Danielle Pletka nodded to Smith's cases ending but still argued that "while Trump might not need Biden's pardon, America does." I disagree. Such an act from Biden would only further sunder the national fabric. Their idea of national unity is a noble one, painting a vision of Americans coming together to undo the divisiveness of years past. But that image falls apart when applied to Biden potentially pardoning Trump.

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