Top prosecutor identifies who Trump pardoned (Glenn Kirschner interview)

[ItsjustMe]

Brian interviews former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner about who Trump likely pardoned and how we know, whether there’s any reason the DOJ wouldn’t indict Trump, and what Trump’s legal recourse would be if he’s actually charged.

[Effete Snob]

1. 22 Minutes?

Who?

[erronis]

3. Thanks for your warning. If it's a list of 5-10 perps, shouldn't take more than 1 minute of video.

Sounds like click-bait that I'll stay away from.

[Martin68]

2. Interesting analysis.

[erronis]

4. Any chance you want to share your take-aways from this "Interesting Analysis"?

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[Martin68]

5. Well, I didn't realize that once given a pardon you give up the right to plead the fifth. That's a

very relevant takeaway. Another is that a court can view giving a pardon to co-conspirators as evidence of guilt. The fact that family members did not plead the fifth when questioned under oath suggests they may have been given pardons. By the same token, the fact that some conspirators who were very close to the president were not given pardons could indicate an attempt to avoid the appearance of guilt. Anybody who pleads the fifth must not have a pardon. The process of elimination based on these principles makes for an interesting method of guessing who might or might not have a pocket pardon waiting to be pulled out if an indictment comes down.

The big unanswered question is whether the Supreme Court would nullify a pardon if evidence suggested the president and the person who received a pardon were both involved in the same crime. In normal times, I think that might be likely. With this court, all bets are off.

[erronis]

6. Thank you very much! I'll watch the video based on your response.

[FakeNoose]

7. I thought we already knew the names of everyone who got pardons

https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-donald-j-trump-2017-2021

This list hasn't been a secret, even during the last days of Chump's term. Is Glenn Kirschner implying that other people got pardons that we don't know about?

[erronis]

8. Apparently the "pocket pardons" don't go through the normal "office of pardons"

I'm sure I don't remember the actual name of the official group.

A president (according to Kirschner) can write a pardon on a napkin and hand it to someone to use later as needed.

[Martin68]

10. As the video explains, the rules governing presidential pardons are very ambiguous,

making it possible for a president to "write a pardon on a cocktail napkin and hand it to someone for later use.

[erronis]

9. This is one of the better Kirschner presentations. Well worth the watch.

Rolled up a lot of the legal bits and pieces in a digestible pizza.