Forget the House committee. Biden should pardon Trump

It was the death rattle of the House 1-6 select investigatory committee, issuing its totally anti-climatic, non-legal-binding recommendation  to the Department of Justice that it press charges against former President Donald J. Trump.

I wrote the above before the hearing began shortly after 1 p.m. on Monday. In the 90 minutes of the hearing, nothing happened to change that. Nothing new was introduced. It was a rehash of the past. 

And I have written in the past that the committee had, at best, circumstantial evidence against former President Donald J. Trump, but now that I see the exact charges, I may change my mind. The charges are:

*Assisting or aiding an insurrection

*Obstruction of an official proceeding

*Conspiracy to make false statements

*Conspiracy to defraud the U.S..

Depending on the full legal language of each charge, yeah, I can see him being guilty of several.

But that is up to the Department of Justice. The committee’s recommendation does not have the weight of law.

The recommendation is historic, nothing like it has been done before. But don’t forget that congress twice impeached this man, but failed to convict.

Will DOJ want to take on Trump, enflaming his millions of supporters, some of them so enamored last week they bought worthless  digital trading cards of the man? Or will DOJ decide to let the American people decide by rejecting — again — Trump’s candidacy? 

And, should he lose, will Trump accept a loss with grace?

There’s little doubt he will.

But, personally, I think that would be a better outcome than the prosecution. Trump is a dying star.

To enable a Trump versus Joe Biden rematch in 2024 — Biden should pardon Trump.

It would be magnanimous, and a shock. 

Would the MAGA forces say it shows Biden’s mental deterioration?

I doubt it.

It would clear the playing field. And think of how shamed Trump would be to accept it.