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Anyone listening to Charlie Stykes on ALL IN?? I think he said Trump would pardon himself of (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2017 OP
of course he will. drray23 Aug 2017 #1
The GOP is useless so far. riversedge Aug 2017 #2
One thing we know is. Wellstone ruled Aug 2017 #3
Doesn't matter if he does. shanny Aug 2017 #4
The legal consensus is he can't impeach himself. The Founders were leary of Tyrants! ElementaryPenguin Aug 2017 #5
"We're gonna be a law and order administration" oasis Aug 2017 #6

drray23

(7,627 posts)
1. of course he will.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 08:45 PM
Aug 2017

He figured out he can do whatever he wants since he has not gotten any pushback from the gop in congress with all the shit he has already done. He keeps pushinv further to see if there is a boundary. If the gop does nothing he will keep going.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. One thing we know is.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 08:58 PM
Aug 2017

Charlie and Paul Ryan are cut from the same cloth. Always have wondered why,in the last few months Comcast Networks are all in with this Guy. Now we got a tell,Ryan is going to run in the Presidential for 2020,and Comcast is about to do a Trump on all of us again.

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
4. Doesn't matter if he does.
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:12 PM
Aug 2017

He can't pardon himself for state crimes, and he can't plead the Fifth / avoid testifying with a pardon. And he can't pardon himself for future crimes, so perjury will still be on the table.

I hope that when we get to that point we reverse the multi-decade trend of letting the "rich" and powerful off, and throw the book at that...creature. He should die in jail, and get buried under it.

ElementaryPenguin

(7,800 posts)
5. The legal consensus is he can't impeach himself. The Founders were leary of Tyrants!
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 09:32 PM
Aug 2017

If Presidents could pardon themselves, Nixon certainly would have done so, and not had Gerald Ford have to weaken himself politically.

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