Former Utah Sen. Mitt Romney tried to get President Joe Biden to pre-emptively pardon President Donald Trump to prevent future politically based prosecutions, he told CNN's Dana Bash on Monday evening. File Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Former Sen. Mitt Romney urged advisers to former President Joe Biden to pre-emptively pardon President Donald Trump to prevent politically based prosecutions.
Romney announced his effort while being interviewed by CNN news anchor Dana Bash during a Monday evening event at Drew University in Morristown, N.J., according to CNN.
"I called a member of the White House, one of the senior advisers to President Biden," Romney told Bash.
"I said, 'If the Justice Department decides to indict PresidentTrump, I hope President Biden will immediately eliminate that and that he will provide a pardon immediately,'" Romney said.
