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Just yesterday, Trump said he's going to “pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval.” [1] Free reign for crimes for the next 2.5 years. Maybe re
by ks2048 7mo ago
Just yesterday, Trump said he's going to “pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval.” [1] Free reign for crimes for the next 2.5 years.
Maybe removing this pardoning power could be a bipartisan goal... I guess we shouldn't hold our breath.
[1] https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-promises-pardon-everybody-leaves-202224304.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-promises-pardon-ev...
- CobraMode 7mo agoAs long as they can still pardon the turkey.
- Lio 7mo agoPardon him for what? What is the charge here? Being a meal? Being a succulent Chinese meal?
- deleted 7mo ago[deleted]
- winstonewert 7mo agoFor anyone who might be confused about the pardoning a turkey reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Thanksgiving_Turkey_Presentation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Thanksgiving_Turkey_P...
- DonHopkins 7mo agoOr the succulent Chinese meal reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4bPMxeCnos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4bPMxeCnos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Manifest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Manifest
- draw_down 7mo ago[dead]
- amanaplanacanal 7mo agoOn the bright side, if they get pardoned they can't plead the fifth and can be forced to testify against anyone not pardoned.
- technothrasher 7mo agoUnfortunately, probably not. As they could simply invoke the fifth under the claim that they might incriminate themselves under some state law.
- rootusrootus 7mo agoThey would probably need to make a convincing argument to the judge that there was a state crime they would be at risk of being charged with.
- gitaarik 7mo agoIt's not that he just said it yesterday, he's apparently already said it a few times, and yesterday there was just a news article about it.