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TheOther95Percent

(1,035 posts)
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 11:41 AM Oct 2020

Hypothetical Regarding Pardons in the Event Trump Dies

So I've been mulling this over. Should Trump lose the election - as I strongly believe he will - I predict he will issue pardons for himself along with all of his family and friends. What happens though if he should be incapacitated or die between now and January 20. I don't see Pence issuing pardons for any Trumps. He's too ambitious for that and these pardons have very little upside for him. President Perv's children and enablers are worried for a reason.

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Hypothetical Regarding Pardons in the Event Trump Dies (Original Post) TheOther95Percent Oct 2020 OP
Please remember that Pence and Trump can only pardon PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #1
I would have more confidence in DA Vance... TheOther95Percent Oct 2020 #4
Isn't it the AG of NYS PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #5
Pence can hold a seance and ask the ghost of Gerald Ford The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2020 #2
They deserve the fate of their past. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2020 #3

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
1. Please remember that Pence and Trump can only pardon
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 11:42 AM
Oct 2020

federal crimes. Trump and his family are still going to go down for state things, especially in NY State.

TheOther95Percent

(1,035 posts)
4. I would have more confidence in DA Vance...
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 11:55 AM
Oct 2020

if he hadn't impeded a criminal investigation into Ivanka and Junior in 2012. The NY prosecutions are not guaranteed either since there is a political calculus at stake. My state and city will need federal money to recover and any prosecutions may take a back seat to that reality.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-ivanka-trump-and-donald-trump-jr-avoided-a-criminal-indictment

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,793 posts)
3. They deserve the fate of their past.
Sun Oct 4, 2020, 11:44 AM
Oct 2020

Karma is the definition of what goes around, comes around.

They, like their father, have lied and cheated their way to where they are. Their meanness will come back to haunt them. It is only a matter of time.

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