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Or, in a parallel universe, there's an old president who preemptively pardoned the person who might have been involved in GOF research leading to a lab leak.
by mhb 2y ago
Or, in a parallel universe, there's an old president who preemptively pardoned the person who might have been involved in GOF research leading to a lab leak.
- bdangubic 2y ago[flagged]
- kleton 2y agoIt is an interesting angle, because now he could potentially be subpoenaed by Congress or anyone else, and it seems unlikely that he would perjure himself over anything after 2014.
- morepedantic 2y agoAll he needs to do is commit a federal crime right away.
- ocschwar 2y agoThat pardon means that person is available for subpoena and cannot decline to answer any question.
- morepedantic 2y agoUnless there's another crime outside the scope of the pardon. For example, crimes within the statute of limitations prior to the pardon, new crimes after the pardon, or state level crimes during the period of the pardon.