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Miles Archer

(23,743 posts)
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:12 PM Oct 2025

SO. Will Trump PARDON the J-6 insurrectionist he ALREADY PARDONED who got arrested for threatening Jeffries?

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🚨 A January 6 rioter pardoned by Donald Trump has been ARRESTED for allegedly THREATENING TO ASSASSINATE Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

The man, who was one of nearly 1,600 individuals Donald Trump and Republicans let loose onto the streets, allegedly wrote in texts: "I cannot allow this terrorist to live" and "Even if I am hated, [Jeffries] must be eliminated, I will kill him for the future."


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SO. Will Trump PARDON the J-6 insurrectionist he ALREADY PARDONED who got arrested for threatening Jeffries? (Original Post) Miles Archer Oct 2025 OP
He's being charged in NY *state* court, so he can't pardon him. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #1
We'll see what SCOTUS says durablend Oct 2025 #5
Maybe he'll hire him because he's the kind of person he admires..a criminal Deuxcents Oct 2025 #2
Yes. Republicans do not do accountability. Champp Oct 2025 #3
Pardoning a hardened criminal is a never ending job. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #4
Looks like they may be state charges Danmel Oct 2025 #6
What I worry about is his attempting blanket pardons on his entire administration... hlthe2b Oct 2025 #7
This presumes he will ever voluntarily leave LR3 Oct 2025 #8
He's been persistently trying to "normalize" it... Miles Archer Oct 2025 #10
Chances are 100 percent yes. mn9driver Oct 2025 #9

hlthe2b

(114,224 posts)
7. What I worry about is his attempting blanket pardons on his entire administration...
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:46 PM
Oct 2025

They SOOOO badly need to be held accountable... The Founding Fathers clearly never imagined a Trump...

LR3

(180 posts)
8. This presumes he will ever voluntarily leave
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 01:54 PM
Oct 2025

He is not planning on leaving, ever.

But if we do ever take back power, "Presidential Pardon" needs to be ignored. Sure, I understand the implications of that, but nonetheless it needs to be done. We've made the mistake the mistake time and again of NOT holding them accountable, and as a result it has only emboldened them to break the law without remorse.

Miles Archer

(23,743 posts)
10. He's been persistently trying to "normalize" it...
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 02:05 PM
Oct 2025

...from his red "Trump 2028" hats to the AI videos to his social media posts...he's trying to render America numb to the concept so that if he actually goes that route, we will have heard about it daily for four years and will be too exhausted to fight back.

His thought patterns are pretty simple to figure out.

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