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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's an idea. Commute them both.
What if President Biden commuted sentences for his son and Donald Trump? Would that blow their minds, or what?
https://apnews.com/article/president-joe-biden-hunter-gun-conviction-commutation-ed69379b56bd1d63f3ddd0d79438746c
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Here's an idea. Commute them both. (Original Post)
SarahD
Jun 2024
OP
The governor of NY is the official with commuting power re 45's sentence. n/t
John1956PA
Jun 2024
#2
Trump is a danger to our Democracy and to the World at large - he belongs in prison.
walkingman
Jun 2024
#8
Only commute the sentences of the ones willing to make a detailed and complete
Ping Tung
Jun 2024
#12
mahatmakanejeeves
(60,515 posts)1. A bad one. NT
John1956PA
(3,291 posts)2. The governor of NY is the official with commuting power re 45's sentence. n/t
Scrivener7
(52,360 posts)3. No.
spanone
(137,463 posts)4. No. 34 vs 3? Ridiculous.
NoRethugFriends
(2,892 posts)5. well, that idea makes exactly zero sense.
Bev54
(11,851 posts)6. I doubt even Hunter would want that done.
jimfields33
(18,420 posts)10. I don't know about that. Nobody wants to go to prison.
He may say no. But that doesnt mean hed not like it to happen.
Anyway, it cant since trumps are state charges.
shrike3
(5,370 posts)7. Don't like the idea, no.
walkingman
(8,241 posts)8. Trump is a danger to our Democracy and to the World at large - he belongs in prison.
Nevilledog
(53,063 posts)9. Biden has no authority to commute a state conviction.
Compassion to the Bidens aside, our democracy is in peril. Trump must be sentenced and fulfill whatever the punishment is.
Ping Tung
(1,183 posts)12. Only commute the sentences of the ones willing to make a detailed and complete
PUBLIC confession to all the crimes they were convicted of.
MOMFUDSKI
(7,080 posts)13. They each get 3.
Works.