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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOranges offers to pardon border agent if he'll break the law for him.
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Joyce Vance
The President offered a pardon to a federal employee if the employee would violate the law to further the Presidents political goals. Really (GOPs in) Congress, what more do you need to see?
Jake Tapper
BREAKING: In Calexico, CA last week, where POTUS told border agents to block asylum-seekers from entering the US contrary to law, Trump told CBP head McAleenan if he were sent to jail as a result, the president would pardon him, 2 Sr admin officials tell me.
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Oranges offers to pardon border agent if he'll break the law for him. (Original Post)
deminks
Apr 2019
OP
Instant Liberal
(66 posts)1. That's ok, Trump will just say he didn't
Congress will believe him and the CBP guy will lose his job.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,080 posts)2. Yawn, another impeachable offense from Donald Trump.
What else is going on?
bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)3. "I'll pay your legal fees if you kick a protester's ass at my rally!"
triron
(21,914 posts)5. A sad time indeed for America and nothing will be done.
Congress deserves another Hitler. The people will be the victims.
Or certain segments of the population will be.