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How many of you got yours?
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I don't understand how you can be pardoned for crimes that are not even being investigated. Maybe the Supreme Court needs to take a look at this. It may not be constitutional. Originally Posted by BudmanI can't either.
This is a strange precedent, a license to have others do anything on your behalf, regardless of its legality. Get elected, have a bunch of people do a bunch of corrupt shit and pardon them all of any possible crime on the way out the door. Originally Posted by JacuzzmeWell, best I figure, you spend 40 or 50 years in public service, you've given enough time for those to bring charges against you. "Ollie Ollie in come free!" Don't seeth that your time expired on pushing a faux complaint in court.
Bullshit. Trump did nothing even remotely resembling this. Originally Posted by JacuzzmeAnonother Jan 6 denier. I have seen indicted people that day assaulting people on camera and that being showed as evidence in court and the defendent accepting responsibility for such.
Anonother Jan 6 denier. I have seen indicted people that day assaulting people on camera and that being showed as evidence in court and the defendent accepting responsibility for such. Originally Posted by Precious_bYou prove his point... Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of people who had been charged and tried.... not his family members for unspecified, uncharged, uninvestigated imaginary crimes.
Trump pardoned Steve Bannon, his chief strategist, for exactly the same reason Biden did some of his pardons..... possible political retribution by rabid politicians in the future.... Bannon was not indicted or charged with a crime when he received a pardon. Originally Posted by VitaManI'm not defending Bannon, but I think your facts are wrong. Back in 2020, he was facing actual DOJ charges of fraud. Here's a link:
I believe Bannon wasn't indicted at the time you reference.Huh? Charged versus indicted is a distinction without a difference here. You're mangling the meaning of the word "pre-emptive".
And you mention he was "facing" federal criminal charges. Either way it is a preemptive pardon. He was not convicted at the time. Originally Posted by VitaMan
You prove his point... Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of people who had been charged and tried.... not his family members for unspecified, uncharged, uninvestigated imaginary crimes.And you conveniently ignored him pardoning members of his family.
How can the President pardon a person for crimes that are not even specified? It indicates only, in the words of Adam Schiff that accepting a pardon for unspecified crimes is essentially an admission of wrong doing. Originally Posted by texassapper