Would a President Harris Pardon Trump, or Let Jack Smith Pursue Conviction and Prison?
A revival of the special counsel’s fortunes and a victory in November for the vice president could put the possibility in sharp relief.
Vice President Harris has, on the stump, taken to calling President Trump a “felon” and invoking the mantle of a tough former prosecutor, but if she wins the presidency she could immediately face a fraught legal and political question — whether to pardon the 45th president.
The possibility that a President Harris could soon weigh whether to pardon Trump or let the legal cases against him run their course has come into greater focus as her political fortunes rise. It is now almost a certainty that Special Counsel Jack Smith’s two federal cases — the January 6 and Mar-a-Lago ones — will stretch past Election Day.
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