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Weissman writes: "When the Biden administration takes office in 2021, it will face a unique, fraught decision: Should Donald Trump be criminally investigated and prosecuted?"

Donald Trump at a rally. (photo: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)
Donald Trump at a rally. (photo: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)


Should Trump Be Prosecuted?

By Andrew Weissman, The New York Times

29 November 20


Being president should mean you are more accountable, not less, to the rule of law.

hen the Biden administration takes office in 2021, it will face a unique, fraught decision: Should Donald Trump be criminally investigated and prosecuted?

Any renewed investigative activity or a criminal prosecution would further divide the country and stoke claims that the Justice Department was merely exacting revenge. An investigation and trial would be a spectacle that would surely consume the administration’s energy.

But as painful and hard as it may be for the country, I believe the next attorney general should investigate Mr. Trump and, if warranted, prosecute him for potential federal crimes.

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