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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    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?

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      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

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

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    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…

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

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      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…