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getagrip_already

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2. and if elected, he would likely be released even without a self pardon.....

Reply to sarisataka (Original post)

Mon Mar 13, 2023, 12:36 PM

Mar 2023

Even if it was a state crimehe was convicted of, the federal government has supremecy and he would be released so as not to impede his duties as potus.

Same for a federal conviction.

He wouldn't need a self pardon until he was no longer in office.

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A more pressing self-pardon question... [View all] sarisataka Mar 2023 OP

Poor guy isn't getting any attention these days PatSeg Mar 2023 #1

and if elected, he would likely be released even without a self pardon..... getagrip_already Mar 2023 #2