Comment by geraldwhen
1 day ago
Trump can wait until the last day in office then issue pardons for any possible crimes, right? Biden did something similar I believe
1 day ago
Trump can wait until the last day in office then issue pardons for any possible crimes, right? Biden did something similar I believe
Can't pardon state crimes nor cases of impeachment.
Arguably, if you impeach someone in public office, even if they aren't convicted by the Senate, any pardon of those same acts becomes moot and they can be tried in court for the same offenses. At least, that's what the DoJ suggested in 2000.
This Congress won't impeach Trump. If they were willing to, they would've already.
This Congress probably won't, but the next one might.
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> Trump can wait until the last day in office then issue pardons for any possible crimes, right?
Is your mental model of the pardon process actually confused? Yes, the president can unilaterally issue pardons, and Donald Trump is president until the end of his term, so he can issue pardons on his last day in office.
Is the hostility really required?
The comment was about last-day pardons, not pardons in general. Its a topic many presidents have gotten flak or attention for.
What hostility? I was asking if they were really confused or if they were asking rhetorically. If they were actually confused, the answer is yes.
edit: oh, I guess "and Donald Trump is president until the end of his term" could come off as patronizing. I meant it just as a statement in a chain of reasoning
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