The White House is gambling that the public wants President Biden focused on the future rather than looking back at the events that led to his predecessor’s second impeachment trial.

But that strategy could be costing the administration two opportunities. The first, to stand with those traumatized by the Jan. 6 sacking of the United States Capitol. And the second? To undermine former President Donald Trump after his legal team’s opening oral arguments were panned by both Democrats and Republicans.