If they can elect a felon to the white house, so could we.

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  • @[email protected]
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    -1021 days ago

    He hasn’t been convicted yet. You cannot pardon someone who doesn’t technically have a record.

    • @[email protected]
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      5221 days ago

      Incorrect. Example, hunter was pardoned for everything he might’ve done in the past 11 years, not just what he was actually convicted of.

      • @lennybird
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        21 days ago

        Yes. Steve Bannon.

        Didn’t try. Did.

        Mangione (similar to Bannon) has a mixture of state and federal charges levied against him, and Presidents cannot pardon state charges.

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          320 days ago

          Sure. I also don’t imagine for a second that Biden would do it. I was just trying to recall if it was actually accurate that you can’t pre-emptively pardon (or, at least, that there’s no precedent for it; what Trump has done hardly seems to be a guideline for what presidents should be able to do).

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        Gaetz asked for one, but got denied