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Pardons only stop the federal government from prosecuting someone, the states would still go after those individuals
by aexer0e 7mo ago
Pardons only stop the federal government from prosecuting someone, the states would still go after those individuals
- dawnerd 7mo agoAnd in theory a future administration could do something like threaten to withhold funding to states that don’t prosecute.
- Spooky23 7mo agoDon’t worry, Trump 47 already thought of this, specifically threatening a state until the governor pardoned someone. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-threatened-colorado-funding-as-punishment-over-tina-peters-judge-finds/ https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-threatened...
- dawnerd 7mo agoYep exactly, goes both ways.