Joe Biden should pardon Reality Winner for her actions as a whistleblower

‘Biden, who pardoned his son Hunter just days ago, may find that the time is finally right since this, too, was a politically driven prosecution.’ Photograph: Michael Holahan/AP

In late November, Reality Winner – who turned 33 this week – finished her lengthy punishment for sending a government document to a news organization.

It’s past time for her to be pardoned so that she can move on with her life and, particularly, her education. She wants to be a veterinary technician, get a good-paying job and move out of her mother’s Texas house, but having a felony in one’s background doesn’t help with any of that.