Katyal states a one point that he assumes it as given that Trump will try to pardon himself on the way out the door. Although a President's ability to pardon himself has never been put to a legal test, Katyal believes the President has such a power.
Rhode Island Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse started the new year by argueing straightforwardly against impunity for Trump Administration crimes in Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Why we can't just "move on": We need accountability for Donald Trump's misdeeds Salon 01/02/2021:
Barack Obama's administration made the policy decision to look forward, not back, and to leave the misdeeds of George W. Bush's administration to history's judgment. That would be a mistake for the incoming Biden administration. Donald Trump and his henchmen have made a concerted attack on American democracy, and done so much corrupting damage that it would be dereliction to give them a pass. [my emphasis]Whitehouse is not a Joe Manchin, but he also has not particularly identified himself with the progressive/Sanders wing of the party. But the division between Democrats who are willing to fight Republicans and Democrats who are opposed to doing so is at least as significant this year as any left-right divisions in the Democratic Party.
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