Prosecute Trump? Biden Is Wary, but His Voters Are Eager
Urging unity, the president-elect has tried to focus on his policy plans. But many of those who elected him are still fixated on his predecessor: “He’s a crook and he needs to pay.”
President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. spoke before departing Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday. Last year, he said he didn’t think it was “good for democracy” to prosecute a former president.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
Jan. 19, 2021
New presidents want to look forward, not back, and Joseph R. Biden Jr. is no exception, taking office with a lengthy menu of plans and an aggressive timetable for scrubbing away the policies of his predecessor.