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Joe Biden says that he believes prosecuting a former president would be a "very unusual thing and probably not very ... good for democracy," but he would not stand in the way of a future Justice Department pursuing criminal charges against President Trump after he leaves office.

  NPR

No, Joe. It would be essential for democracy. We're in this situation partly because we refused to prosecute former criminal presidents Nixon and Bush II.

"Look, the Justice Department is not the president's private law firm. The attorney general is not the president's private lawyer. I will not interfere with the Justice Department's judgment of whether or not they think they should pursue the prosecution of anyone that they think has violated the law," Biden told NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

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"In terms of saying, 'I think the president violated the law. I think the president did this, therefore, go on and prosecute him' — I will not do that," he said.

That's okay, as long as you don't pull out a pardon.

Sen. Kamala Harris of California told The NPR Politics Podcast last year that if elected president, her administration's Department of Justice would bring criminal charges against Trump after his presidency, saying, "I believe that they would have no choice." Harris is a top contender on Biden's shortlist for vice president.

And I'll be surprised if she gets it.

Biden also told Garcia-Navarro that he would not tear down parts of the wall along the U.S. southern border built during the Trump administration, but he vowed to end its construction.

When asked about asylum-seekers waiting in camps in Mexico due to the Trump administration's policy known as "Remain in Mexico," Biden said reversing Trump's policies will have to be done with care.

"Because if we just say, 'OK, all done. I've withdrawn the order,' you're going to have a crisis on the other side of the border as well," Biden said. "And we shouldn't be putting these people when they come across the border in jail; we should be monitoring them."

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Biden added that a push for more humanitarian resources is needed and said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement "is going to go back to school."

"The idea that ICE is sitting outside of a Mass on Sunday to arrest a parent coming out as undocumented, the idea that they're going to schools, the idea they're going to doctors' appointments is wrong," Biden said. "You have so many young children, so many young children under enormous ... psychological pressure wondering whether or not they're going to come home and there's going to be no one there."

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As for the Trump administration's desire to reopen schools this fall, Biden said it only works if it's done safely. "Look, I want our schools to open. The question is, will the president do the work he needs to make them safe? Just ordering your schools to open, like Trump has done, isn't going to be good enough," he said.

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Biden's plan includes giving school districts "uniform guidance without political interference" on safety protocols for schools that are able to reopen, directing resources to districts to implement guidance and bolstering virtual learning for districts that can't reopen safely.

"Start working now to close the learning gap in terms of distance learning because of COVID. President Trump should stop tweeting and start doing his work," he said.

President Trump has never done his work. He doesn't know how.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.