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In reply to the discussion: I'm sorry but I think Joes wrong on this.... [View all]EarlG
(21,892 posts)My reading of it is that Biden hopes that his presidency won't be consumed with divisive news about Donald Trump. First, that makes sense, and second, it's aspirational. He's not saying that's what's going to happen, just that he hopes it doesn't. I'm seeing words to describe Biden's feelings about investigations as "generally," "broadly," and "overarching." Not "he's specifically saying this."
Meanwhile, you've also got things like this in the article:
"Biden wants his Justice Department to function independently from the White House, aides said, and Biden isn't going to tell federal law enforcement officials whom or what to investigate or not to investigate.
"His overarching view is that we need to move the country forward," an adviser said. "But the most important thing on this is that he will not interfere with his Justice Department and not politicize his Justice Department."
Plus Biden has said that he wouldn't pardon Trump.
Altogether, this reads more to me as Biden saying he really hopes that investigations of Trump won't interfere with his priorities, but at the same time he's going to let the chips fall where they may.