The Hill op-ed from Professor Paul Peterson

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Paul E. Peterson, the Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Government, Director of the Program on Education Policy and Governance, and Senior Editor of Education Next: A Journal of Opinion and Research at Harvard University, has published an open letter to President Biden in The Hill.

In the op-ed, titled ‘Mr. President, please pardon Trump for the country’s—and your own—good’, Peterson argues that while “leaders seldom show magnanimity toward political rivals” and “Donald Trump may well deserve a jail term”, the nation, for its own political health, “must lean over backwards before adding jail sentences to its political repertoire.”

Read the full article via The Hill here: https://thehill.com/opinion/4719475-mr-president-please-pardon-trump-for-the-countrys-and-your-own-good/