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We should go as far as to preemptively ban and sanction any POTUS who says "I'm going to pardon these people before I leave office". There's no reason to say t

by LocalH 6mo ago

We should go as far as to preemptively ban and sanction any POTUS who says "I'm going to pardon these people before I leave office". There's no reason to say that unless you know they're actively committing federal crimes in the present day.

flowerlad 6mo ago
Not true. Liz Cheney hasn’t committed any crimes (as far as we know).
- nullsanity 6mo ago
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torben-friis 6mo ago
>There's no reason to say that unless you know they're actively committing federal crimes in the present day. There are reasons. For example, you feel the justice system is going to be misused against them. Protection against future witch hunts basically. I don't think this is what's happening here, and trump is on record talking very explicitly about weaponising the state against his enemies himself, but it's probably an excuse that will be used.
- sanex 6mo ago
  That's what Biden did for Hunter right?
  - whattheheckheck 6mo ago
    Which side is likely to be petty and target family members in bad faith?
    - frumplestlatz 6mo ago
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    - dlev_pika 6mo ago
      Crazy that this is literally one of the lines Trump ran on - weaponizing the DOJ.
    - LocalH 6mo ago
      The side of money
  - buckle8017 6mo ago
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    - pbhjpbhj 6mo ago
      Are you for real - apart from almost everything Trump has done? Did you miss how he picked an AG and prevented release of the Trump-Epstein files even though he signed into law a bill requiring full release with only redaction of victims. Did you miss the daily breeches of the emoluments clause? Did you miss the pardoning of the Jan 6 people who hunted people down, set up a gallows, and those who tried to murder police? Did you miss Trump sending USA troops into democrat cities to try and intimidate USA citizens, using his militia to murder people in cold blood? Did you miss all the tariffs used to move the markets so Trump and his cronies could drain money from ordinary folks investments in the markets - he even boasted how rich he'd made his friends. From tariff front-running. Hunter Biden broke the law, but his crimes look like schoolkid's high-jinks compared to Trump. How about Trump's alt-coin to take overseas bribes? Or using the instigation of war to win bets? There're thousands more such crimes of corruption the Trump regime have done. You can't be serious.
      - solid_fuel 6mo ago
        > You can't be serious. They're not serious. They're a partisan actor who knows exactly how absurd it is to say something like that. They're just here to spread chaos.
    - foobarchu 6mo ago
      From what I can gather, Hunter Biden was guilty of tax evasion, possessing a firearm when he shouldn't, and lying about drug use. He shouldn't have been pardoned, sure, but you cannot possibly believe that's more corrupt than what Trump, his family, and his cronies do on a regular Tuesday afternoon.
      - sanex 6mo ago
        No for sure. The prediction markets stuff really pisses me off.

by LocalH 6mo ago

flowerlad 6mo ago

Not true. Liz Cheney hasn’t committed any crimes (as far as we know).

nullsanity 6mo ago
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torben-friis 6mo ago

>There's no reason to say that unless you know they're actively committing federal crimes in the present day. There are reasons. For example, you feel the justice system is going to be misused against them. Protection against future witch hunts basically. I don't think this is what's happening here, and trump is on record talking very explicitly about weaponising the state against his enemies himself, but it's probably an excuse that will be used.

sanex 6mo ago
That's what Biden did for Hunter right?
- whattheheckheck 6mo ago
  Which side is likely to be petty and target family members in bad faith?
  - frumplestlatz 6mo ago
    [dead]
  - dlev_pika 6mo ago
    Crazy that this is literally one of the lines Trump ran on - weaponizing the DOJ.
  - LocalH 6mo ago
    The side of money
- buckle8017 6mo ago
  [flagged]
  - pbhjpbhj 6mo ago
    Are you for real - apart from almost everything Trump has done? Did you miss how he picked an AG and prevented release of the Trump-Epstein files even though he signed into law a bill requiring full release with only redaction of victims. Did you miss the daily breeches of the emoluments clause? Did you miss the pardoning of the Jan 6 people who hunted people down, set up a gallows, and those who tried to murder police? Did you miss Trump sending USA troops into democrat cities to try and intimidate USA citizens, using his militia to murder people in cold blood? Did you miss all the tariffs used to move the markets so Trump and his cronies could drain money from ordinary folks investments in the markets - he even boasted how rich he'd made his friends. From tariff front-running. Hunter Biden broke the law, but his crimes look like schoolkid's high-jinks compared to Trump. How about Trump's alt-coin to take overseas bribes? Or using the instigation of war to win bets? There're thousands more such crimes of corruption the Trump regime have done. You can't be serious.
    - solid_fuel 6mo ago
      > You can't be serious. They're not serious. They're a partisan actor who knows exactly how absurd it is to say something like that. They're just here to spread chaos.
  - foobarchu 6mo ago
    From what I can gather, Hunter Biden was guilty of tax evasion, possessing a firearm when he shouldn't, and lying about drug use. He shouldn't have been pardoned, sure, but you cannot possibly believe that's more corrupt than what Trump, his family, and his cronies do on a regular Tuesday afternoon.
    - sanex 6mo ago
      No for sure. The prediction markets stuff really pisses me off.