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5. Ford's pardon is now biting us in the ass.

Reply to onetexan (Original post)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 03:42 PM

Aug 2018

It would have been better if he allowed criminal prosecution to take place, then pardon him. By issuing a pardon for known and future unknown crimes, we will never know what other criminal activities Nixon perpetrated.

The same with the Orange Shit-stain. Trump can now pardon Manafort for all present and future...

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NYMag's The Intelligencer: The Endgame for Trump Comes Into View [View all] onetexan Aug 2018 OP

I have been thinking about that for quite a while. murielm99 Aug 2018 #1

this is pretty much what I have been saying also gopiscrap Aug 2018 #2

'VICHY REPUBLICANS' empedocles Aug 2018 #3

"In retrospect the denouement appeared inevitable but certainly didn't feel like that at the time" lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #4

Yes, especially with the revelation today that onetexan Aug 2018 #7

CFO is the Trump Organization's glue. lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #8

Ford's pardon is now biting us in the ass. 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #5

Manafort wont escape state prosecution onetexan Aug 2018 #6