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exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 09:57 AM Jan 2021

Doomsday Pardon

Lifted from Jimmy Carter's Draft Avoidance Pardon with CAPITALIZATION signifying edits.

I,DONALD TRUMP, President of the United States, do hereby grant a full, complete and unconditional pardon to: (1) all persons who may have committed any offense between JANUARY 1, 1900 and JANUARY 20, 2021 in violation of ANY FEDERAL STATUTE, LAW, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder; and (2) all persons heretofore convicted, irrespective of the date of conviction, of any offense committed between JANUARY 1, 1900 and JANUARY 20, 2021 in violation of ANY FEDERAL STATUTE, LAW, or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, restoring to them full political, civil and other rights.

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Doomsday Pardon (Original Post) exboyfil Jan 2021 OP
Not if Trump is impeached for inciting insurrection Dread Pirate Roberts Jan 2021 #1
He or his lawyers didn't write that. Turbineguy Jan 2021 #2
I cut and pasted from Jimmy Carter's draft avoidance pardon exboyfil Jan 2021 #3
Did "you" write this? If not, where did it come from? Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #4
It was Jimmy Carter's draft avoidance pardon exboyfil Jan 2021 #5
+1 Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #6

Dread Pirate Roberts

(1,896 posts)
1. Not if Trump is impeached for inciting insurrection
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 09:58 AM
Jan 2021

can't pardon your co-conspirators in a matter related to impeachment.

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
3. I cut and pasted from Jimmy Carter's draft avoidance pardon
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 10:03 AM
Jan 2021

Trump could actually just print out a copy and Sharpie the changes on it and sign it.

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
5. It was Jimmy Carter's draft avoidance pardon
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 10:20 AM
Jan 2021

I should have cited it. I fixed it in the prior post by adding citation.

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