No less than seventy-four million Americans cast their ballots in favor of a specific individual in the last election. Current indications suggest a similar turnout in the subsequent round. How could Kamala Harris hope to inspire unity as president when half the electorate deems the legal actions against former President Donald Trump as not credible? The constant barrage of news reports detailing Trump’s trials in Washington, Florida, and Georgia would only darken the cloud looming over Harris’s term in office.
Each ruling from the lower courts would likely lead to a cycle of cases being redirected to the Supreme Court, resulting in a prolonged legal process. Now, let’s examine a different outcome where Trump emerges victorious in the November election. He would surely pardon himself before sunset on his inauguration day.
In relation to the New York conviction and the Georgia indictment, no reasonable judge would incarcerate a sitting president for those infractions. A pardon issued by Trump would inevitably infuriate staunch believers in the principle of equal justice under law. However, particularly for wealthy, white men in America, this has been more of an ideal than reality since the country’s inception.
Opposition would fade eventually, as commentators analyze the implications and merits of such a pardon. Joe Biden’s treatment of the announcement, which ideally follows the Democratic convention, would play a significant role in gaining this acceptance. Here is an imaginative, carefully articulated version of what he could articulate.
He would confess, ‘Dear Citizens, I have just sealed documents that dispense pardons for Donald J. Trump against charges brought forth in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia tied to the events of January 6, 2021. Further, charges laid in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida linked to the intentional retention of national defense information, obstruction, and other offenses have also been pardoned.’
Often, cases dismissed by incumbent judges tend to get reinstated after undergoing appeal processes. This fact rings true for this Florida case, which was dismissed yet was anticipated to be brought back by most legal scholars. The pardoning net also covers Trump’s two co-defendants involved in this case.
Biden would then acknowledge his correspondence with Governors Kathy Hochul and Brian Kemp documenting a call to commence procedures for granting Trump pardons for the thirty-four felony convictions in New York and the impending indictment in Georgia.
Biden’s would be an uncomfortable decision, not a validation of Trump’s innocence. Instead, he yearns to reintroduce an element of normality into the increasingly tumultuous arena of political discourse. He envisages a shift from personal grievances toward a campaign driven by policy nuances.
In this anticipated address, Biden would implore Trump to make the forthcoming election about their contrasting visions for America’s future rather than igniting debates surrounding VP Harris’s ethnicity and gender. Also, perhaps he could offer some substantive insight into his policies that have been obscure, often masked by enticing sound bites and diversions.
There is little doubt that an uproar would follow Biden’s act of pardoning Trump. It is a testament to our deeply ingrained belief in this country that no person is exempt from the law, a sentiment Biden reveres. Regardless of this, he would argue that this conviction must be secondary to the broader objective of maintaining the nation’s peace.
Biden would propose that if Trump and his media associates market this as a triumph for the MAGA community and proof of weak prosecutions against Trump, the reality remains. Those prosecutions were robust, and in his perspective, would have ultimately led to convictions and, noting Trump’s history, subsequent jail time.
The idea of imprisoning an ex-president of the United States would cast an ugly blot on the nation’s reputation, and according to Biden, should be avoided at all costs. Further, the ensuing unrest and conflict that would be ignited if Harris won and Trump’s trials proceeded, should also be averted.
Biden elucidates a desire for the Trump era to not cast a shadow on Harris’s term as president. This is without forgetting Trump’s inclination to postpone his day of reckoning. Biden makes it quite clear that his decision is final and has already been set into motion.
The final decision lies with Trump-Will his ego permit him to accept these pardons? Biden would express a hope that Trump receives these pardons for what they’re meant to be- an attempt to start mending the cleavages dividing our political landscape. Biden would end his address praying for peace and safety for the country’s troops.
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