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In reply to the discussion: Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office [View all]angrychair
(12,335 posts)13. That has its own shortcomings
Let's say he pardons Pam Bondi. Now that she is pardoned she can be compelled to tell the truth about any and all crimes for which she was pardoned, no taking the fifth or refusal to answer questions.
If she lies then that is a new crime and she can be arrested for lying.
Just an example but it would be nice to get her, Lutnick and the while cast and crew in the hot seat if that happens.
While we cannot arrest them, we can expose them for the pedophiles and liars they are to the whole world.
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While I want him impeached for many things, this isn't one of them, as (so far) actions aren't involved
Polybius
Friday
#26
You can impeach someone for anything if you have the votes, it's like voting someone off the island
Blues Heron
Friday
#31
I'd settle for any infraction, like they got Al Capone on tax charges after all the gangland slayings
Blues Heron
Friday
#37
Which is a pretty open acknowledgement that all of them have been breaking the law on a regular basis. nt
eppur_se_muova
Friday
#7
Yes, but he'll spin it as protection against "malicious prosecution by the Democrat party"
Orrex
Friday
#28
President Biden did some preemptive pardoning for people he knew trump would come after
Bayard
Friday
#42
He can do federal pardons but he cannot pardon himself or anyone else for crimes charged in state courts
summer_in_TX
Yesterday
#44
Such pardoned people called as prosecution witnesses might find it more difficult to plead the 5th...
0rganism
Yesterday
#45