Will not use power to pardon Trump or stop investigations if I win: Biden

"I commit, before offering a more lengthy explanation of his view that the president must allow the Justice Department to operate without interference," Biden said

Democratic candidate Joe Biden said on Thursday that if he wins the presidency, he would not use his power to pardon Donald Trump or stop any investigations of Trump and his associates. It is not something the president is entitled to do, to direct a prosecution or decide to drop a case, Biden said on MSNBC.

The former vice president made his statement in response to a voter who asked him on Lawrence O'Donnell's show, The Last Word, whether Biden would commit to not pulling a Gerald Ford in giving Donald Trump a pardon under the pretense of healing the