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Indeed I find it important to remember on this day that pardons (and commutations?) only apply to criminal law, not civil law. This might come back to haunt qu
by eqvinox 6y ago
Indeed I find it important to remember on this day that pardons (and commutations?) only apply to criminal law, not civil law.
This might come back to haunt quite a few other people, e.g. Steve Bannon embezzling from that wall non-profit where donors can still proceed with civil cases to get money back (and punitive damages.) Also if there was any flat-out corruption in dispensing government contracts by the Trump admin, competing companies could probably bring down a well-funded legal hammer of civil suits...