Comey: Biden should consider pardoning Trump

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Former FBI Director James ComeyJames Brien ComeyComey: Trump’s ‘Biggest Punishment’ After Uprising at the Capitol Is To Get ‘Past’ His Presidency Comey Argue Trump Should Not Be Prosecuted After Leaving Oval Office Trump voters and progressives have a lot in common – and Biden can they unite MORE suggested that President-elect Biden should consider pardoning President TrumpDonald TrumpCotton: Senate has no power to hold impeachment lawsuit once Trump leaves office Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will introduce impeachment articles against Biden ICE Acting Director Acts Weeks After Hiring Post MORE if he is prosecuted after leaving office.

“I don’t know, at least he should consider it,” Comey said during an interview with BBC Newsnight. “Donald Trump, he’s not a genius, but he might think that if he accepts a pardon, that’s an omission of guilt, the United States Supreme Court has said, so I don’t know if he would accept a pardon.”

Comey said a possible pardon from Biden would help “as part of healing the land and bring us to a place where we can focus on things that matter for the next four years.”

“I think Joe BidenJoe BidenCotton: Senate has no power to hold impeachment trial once Trump leaves office Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will introduce impeachment articles against Biden ICE Acting Director Steps Down Weeks After Hiring MORE will have to consider it anyway, ‘he added.

Legal experts have said it could be difficult to charge Trump with a crime related to last week’s deadly riots in the Capitol by his supporters that led to the president’s second impeachment on Wednesday. But the president and his company could be investigated for possible financial crimes in New York’s Southern District, they have noted.

Earlier this week, Comey, who fired Trump, said it would be the “greatest punishment he could imagine” for politicians and the media to ignore Trump after he left office.

Trump “should be in prison,” Comey told the BBC, but he believes that prosecuting a former president is not “in the best interest of the whole nation.”

“I think it would be wiser not to chase him,” he added. But whatever you do, the next president, Joe Biden, has to explain to the American people. Be transparent about why you do what you do. ‘

Trump has repeatedly attacked Comey and other former intelligence agencies and former law enforcement officers during his four years in office, claiming they were part of a so-called deep state that sought to undermine his 2016 presidential campaign and ultimately led to Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Mueller Why special counsel is guaranteed if Biden chooses Yates, Cuomo or Jones while AG Barr taps into a lawyer investigating Russia’s origins while CNN’s special counsel Toobin warns McCabe in ‘dangerous condition’ is with Trump encouraged MORESpecial Counsel Inquiry.

Comey has in recent weeks criticized Trump for peddling unproven electoral fraud theories and lying about the 2020 election being ‘stolen’ from him.

“You can’t yell at people to convince them that they’ve been cheated. One of the hardest things in the world is when a victim of fraud, of lies, admits they were being fooled,” Comey said during a week. interview with NBC’s “Today”. “I worked in criminal cases where the victims of a fraudster came to support the fraudster after he pleaded guilty. It’s not about yelling at them. It’s about persuading and inciting them and getting them out of that fog of lies let it escape. ”

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