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Trump Pardons His Co-Conspirators in 2020 Coup Attempt (www.commondreams.org)
submitted 6 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social
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Trump has pardoned over 70 people who tried to help him overturn his 2020 election loss. Some fear it encourages GOP officials to become even bolder with efforts to help Trump subvert future elections, "knowing that if they succeed, they'll be pardoned."

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[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Many of the figures included were named as unindicted co-conspirators or charged at the state level for their roles

he does know that a president can't pardon state charges, right?

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

who is going to tell them? Guess I will...

Trump doesn't follow laws because he's the emperor now.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I saw Rudy Giuliani in there also, lol. Didnt take very long for that bastard to be out again.

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

He's still facing state charges

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Pardoned them for nothing, because those are state crimes, that dumb motherfucker

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Mmmm pretty sure the Supreme Court said the president can do whatever the fuck they want. Did I say president? I meant orange burger king

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Can pardons be undone by the next president?

If we ever get a non- shitstain Nazi trash government, I want all these rat fucks to go back to jail where they belong. Hell, send them to the detention facilities they've been making (aka concentration camps) since they like those things so much...

[–] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

next president ? Lmao bless your heart

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

He won't live forever, and the power vacuum will be legendary

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 days ago

Can pardons be undone by the next president?

No. If you were pardoned or had your sentence commuted it can't be reversed.

[–] Leonyx@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We all knew he'd do this since Day 1 of him taking office.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

frankly surprised it took him 10 months

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I kind of assumed he’d thrown them under the bus like the parade of sycophants that he used up and dumped during his first term.

[–] 0ndead@infosec.pub 6 points 6 days ago

What’s coming is worse than prison anyway

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well now they can't hide behind the 5th ammendment if the time ever comes to talk about Trump's involvement

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 2 points 6 days ago

Beyond that, accepting a pardon is legally an admission of guilt. So, as undisputed insurrectionists, they're all now ineligible for public office.

Assuming, that is, that the Constitution still applies…