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MineralMan

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30. No such thing as a "pocket pardon."

Reply to Aviation Pro (Original post)

Tue Dec 27, 2022, 12:37 PM

Dec 2022

Sorry, but this is not going to happen.

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So, according to this, Motherfucker could have a pocket pardon [View all] Aviation Pro Dec 2022 OP

he can try. mopinko Dec 2022 #1

Do you really think someone can pardon themselves? we can do it Dec 2022 #2

Do you think a buttload of lawyers can spend years arguing that question in court? Midnight Writer Dec 2022 #32

Same answer - no. we can do it Dec 2022 #35

Same answer - no. we can do it Dec 2022 #37

Isn't it still an open question, from a constitutional standpoint, if POTUS... SKKY Dec 2022 #3

About "open questions" Effete Snob Dec 2022 #12

Concur. And I find it hard to believe this isn't something Nixon gave a great... SKKY Dec 2022 #22

It makes more sense that they were not classified documents because he declassified Autumn Dec 2022 #4

He would have used it already and it would have failed. fightforfreedom Dec 2022 #5

He hasn't been charged with anything Effete Snob Dec 2022 #6

Do you really believe Trump is waiting to spring a secret pardon? fightforfreedom Dec 2022 #9

There is no reason to be so sure that he will not try it. nt Celerity Dec 2022 #13

No, I don't Effete Snob Dec 2022 #14

Stupid idea? We are talking about Trump. fightforfreedom Dec 2022 #21

Almost word for word what I was thinking! eom Maeve Dec 2022 #29

"I believe that if a pardon was issued it needs to be recorded somewhere at DoJ" Effete Snob Dec 2022 #7

Here you go Aviation Pro Dec 2022 #8

That is simply a blog of press releases Effete Snob Dec 2022 #16

Here you go (again) Aviation Pro Dec 2022 #20

Accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt but does not help with states? BSdetect Dec 2022 #10

It is not an admission of guilt onenote Dec 2022 #39

Rule of jurisprudence, can't judge oneself bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #11

Actually, this is good Turbineguy Dec 2022 #15

Nothing good would come from Cheeto Benito being allowed to give himself a pardon EYESORE 9001 Dec 2022 #24

Even if he did, they wouldn't apply to state charges, or charges after he left office, such as JohnSJ Dec 2022 #17

IF such a document exists and he presents it when WHEN indicted, it should be handled in exactly Atticus Dec 2022 #18

Congress wouldn't have bothered to investigate if there were lindysalsagal Dec 2022 #19

I think he'd have tried to use it by now if he'd done it. Ocelot II Dec 2022 #23

There is no such thing as a pocket pardon. Fiendish Thingy Dec 2022 #25

Thank you. A pocket pardon is a fantasy. fightforfreedom Dec 2022 #26

Yes; on a scale of 1 to 10 of things to worry about gratuitous Dec 2022 #27

Even if such a pardon was valid, it wouldn't help with crimes that occurred after he left office. tritsofme Dec 2022 #28

No such thing as a "pocket pardon." MineralMan Dec 2022 #30

dare i ask what a "cobbler squat" is? CTyankee Dec 2022 #31

A reference to a Better Call Saul episode where Saul is able to convince a jury Aviation Pro Dec 2022 #34

Total nonsense. former9thward Dec 2022 #33

You never know unless you try... kentuck Dec 2022 #36

If TFG wrote up a pardon for himself, it would be a "preemptive pardon" that would have to allegorical oracle Dec 2022 #38

This nonsense again. onenote Dec 2022 #40