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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe terrorists can get 10 years in jail but can they be pardoned by tRump?
Can he pardon the ones who won't be caught until after Jan. 20th?
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The terrorists can get 10 years in jail but can they be pardoned by tRump? (Original Post)
BigmanPigman
Jan 2021
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Don't they have to be convicted to be pardoned? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Progressive Jones
Jan 2021
#1
If he does pardon them, then it will contradict the narrative that they're really antifa.
Crunchy Frog
Jan 2021
#5
Cops would be smart to ID people, watch them but not arrest/charge until after 1/20
dutch777
Jan 2021
#7
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)1. Don't they have to be convicted to be pardoned? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
If that's the case, none of these clowns will have been convicted by the End Of Trump.
Crunchy Frog
(28,271 posts)2. No.
If he does, prosecute them anyway.
BigmanPigman
(55,101 posts)3. Didn't he talk about pardoning his kids?
They haven't been charged with anything yet.
badboy67
(460 posts)4. How much do Presidential Pardons go for nowadays?
Crunchy Frog
(28,271 posts)5. If he does pardon them, then it will contradict the narrative that they're really antifa.
Honestly, I think it would stretch the presidential pardon power to breaking point if he tried to do that.
DFW
(60,148 posts)6. Not only would he have to know who they are, he'd have to care
And their sentencing wont come within the next eleven days anyway.
dutch777
(5,062 posts)7. Cops would be smart to ID people, watch them but not arrest/charge until after 1/20
Some sort of blanket pardon thing worries me. The examples of Roger Stone and Paul Manafort is not lost on these wingnuts.