1 January—Austin Sarat, a professor of law and political science at Amherst College, posted an essay yesterday on justia.com, “Prosecuting Trump May Be Right but Unwise.” Professor Sarat is referring specifically to der Drecksack Führer’s alleged incitement of the Capitol kerfuffle last Epiphany. That’s the 6 January insurrection to the media.

Although an airtight criminal case could likely be made against Trump, Sarat worries “that going forward with even a well-grounded prosecution of Trump would almost certainly turn him into a martyr, fuel a furious attack on the Biden Justice Department for using prosecution as a political weapon, spur violent outbursts, and plunge this country ever closer to the abyss which it seems to be fast approaching.”

I could have sworn I wrote something about treading carefully lest we martyr Trump several months ago, but I can’t find it anywhere, so I guess I just thought it. Can I be losing it, like the sitting president? In all events, prosecuting and convicting Trump of federal crimes is just what poor old Joe Biden needs to raise his ratings with Republicans. That’s right, with Republicans.

Considered in pathological terms, Donald Trump is particularly malignant (not just malign) and virulent; in fact, malignant narcissism comes to mind, meaning der Drecksack Führer is aggressive and paranoid, among other psychopathic and sociopathic traits.

Joe Biden, on the other hand, has shown himself to be benign to the point of ineptitude. Did I say that about a sitting president? Shame on me. But it’s clearly the case. And, if I may update Jesus according to John (8:32), you must know the truth in order to be free.

So after Trump is deservedly convicted of his federal felonies and misdemeanors—he doesn’t even have to be sentenced—Biden could pull a dirty right out of the Trump playbook and pardon the bastard. That’s right, pardon the bastard. It’s a presidential prerogative derived from Article II of the Constitution and abused by virtually every president, not just Clinton and Trump. It’s pretty sure to stave off a real insurrection. And it might get Biden Republican votes in 2024. Maybe even if Trump runs against him. And Biden wouldn’t even need his own party’s so-called progressives.

Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, so der Drecksack Führer would still hopefully serve hard time for crimes committed in New York State and elsewhere. Now, if a former president should be incarcerated, what would happen to his lifetime Secret Service protection? Would they have adjoining cells?

And what schmuck recently paid $291,500 for Trump’s 2010 Rolls-Royce Phantom (a BMW with English coachwork), about three times what Joe Schmoe’s would have fetched?