Warning Of Trump Pardons, NY AG Urges Lawmakers To Change Double Jeopardy Law

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By Matt Shuham | April 18, 2018 4:31 pm

New York’s attorney general on Wednesday urged lawmakers to change the state’s double jeopardy law to include specific language addressing presidential pardons.

Without doing so, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wrote, “a defendant pardoned by the President for a serious federal crime could be freed from all accountability under federal and state criminal law, even though the President has no authority under the U.S. Constitution to pardon state crimes.”

It was a noticeable shot across President Donald Trump’s bow: Trump in August pardoned a political ally, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and earlier this month he pardoned former Bush administration official Scott Libby.

Libby was convicted of lying to the FBI, among other charges. Many Trump allies have pleaded guilty to, or been charged with, the same.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/warning-of-trump-pardons-ny-ag-urges-lawmakers-to-change-double-jeopardy-law

[Abu Pepe]

1. Wonder what the Penn and VA statutes say?

Some of the crimes likely occurred in those states.

[Fullduplexxx]

2. Oh so now it looks like they CAN be pardoned by potus of state crimes

Am i reading this correctly?

[AncientGeezer]

5. It's kind of a bait and switch....

NY AG wants a Federal pardon to not cover a State conviction...should there be one. He's trying to get ahead of the Federal case in the Southern District of NY case.

[Fullduplexxx]

6. Thank you... nt

[quartz007]

3. If they convicted every liar in politics,

there would be no politicians left out of prisons.

[unblock]

4. uh, the crimes we're talking about are a far cry from merely "lying".

[OliverQ]

7. The Pardon power frustrates me the most about all this.

Everyone associated with Trump is going to get away with their crimes because of that stupid power.