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minus-squarethrowawayacc0430@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoPardons can be pre-emptive, as long as the illegal act has already occured. (Pardons cannot apply to a future crime that haven’t happened yet.) Just look at Ford Pardon Nixon.
minus-squareLillyPip@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoThat’s true, but trump is transactional. He and Giuliani were selling them for 2 million a pop. How many military regulars can afford one? Why should trump care to pardon them if they can’t give him something? If I was rank-and-file, I wouldn’t take that bet.
Pardons can be pre-emptive, as long as the illegal act has already occured. (Pardons cannot apply to a future crime that haven’t happened yet.)
Just look at Ford Pardon Nixon.
That’s true, but trump is transactional. He and Giuliani were selling them for 2 million a pop. How many military regulars can afford one? Why should trump care to pardon them if they can’t give him something?
If I was rank-and-file, I wouldn’t take that bet.