Trump Plans to Issue 100 Pardons on Last Day

[RandySF]

President Trump is preparing to issue around 100 pardons and commutations on his final full day in office Tuesday, a major batch of clemency actions that includes white collar criminals, high-profile rappers and others but — as of now — is not expected to include Trump himself, CNN reports.




https://politicalwire.com/2021/01/17/trump-plans-to-issue-100-pardons-on-last-day/

[msfiddlestix]

1. Is Charlie Manson on list?

[C_U_L8R]

2. 25th Monday.

C'mon Mike. He tried to have you killed.

[Budi]

3. That son of a b***h. Bannon, Assange, Magat insurrectionists,, Kushners, Rudy..

Asshole

[Initech]

12. If Steve Bannon gets off the hook...

[Crunchy Frog]

18. Then he can be used as a witness, and charged with perjury or obstruction.

Im going to try to see the silver linings.

[Blue Owl]

4. Every time tRump issues a pardon...

an angel gets its wings ripped off...

[Iliyah]

5. cha-ching . . .

[torius]

6. Does it include John Barron? nt

[captain queeg]

7. At $100k a pop? Wouldn't doubt it. Is there even a law against it?

Sure seems like there ought to be.

[Budi]

15. Sounds a lot like Bribery!

[PSPS]

16. I read the going price was $2 million

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Not Corroborated, But...

...it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be confirmed.

[left-of-center2012]

8. Rappers ?

Please educate me.
Why do rappers need a pardon?

[LeftInTX]

17. That want to give up their day job and become teachers and nurses

[malaise]

33. Here's a gppd read

https://www.reveriepage.com/blog/trump-supporting-rappers

[Thekaspervote]

9. Insurrection is not a pardonable crime, unfortunately most are charged with lesser crimes

[getagrip_already]

10. it actually is.....

all crimes against the united states. There aren't exceptions.

If you are saying that because trump is a co-conspirator or under impeachment for that crime, it doesn't list those as exceptions in the constitution. Those questions have never been tested in court and scotus can't be trusted.

He has the power to pardon anyone for any federal crime. But any restrictions would have to be worked through the courts and ultimately scotus.

[Zorro]

11. That's a lot of criminals

Most likely includes the entire White House staff.

[Johnny2X2X]

13. I thought it'd be a lot more

Thought it would be like 800 or something.

[onenote]

21. yep. 100 is in line with what other presidents have done as they leave office.

[Marius25]

34. But other presidents haven't rewarded

hundreds of their friends who helped them commit crimes.

[Beartracks]

14. Accepting a pardon is a de facto admission of guilt.

Just sayin'.

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[theneworiginal]

29. This is why it will be risky for tRump to pardon the insurrection idiots.

He will be admitting it was an insurrection for which he would derive an unwarranted benefit. It will tie him to the crime. The pardons will carry a more significant conspiratorial implication. It would help the Feds make a criminal case against him. And that should be his biggest worry.

Plus, it may be just enough to piss off enough of the Senate to convict him there too.

[UTUSN]

19. I posted yesterday I had guessed Friday Dump or Inaguration Eve, so got it.

Not astute, fairly obvious. And now it fits perfectly with his cowardice in skeedaddling out of town.

Disgusting last stunt of his. Last, because flying out on Wednesday is incredibly lame.

[onenote]

22. Pretty easily predictable, since there is tradition of presidents dumping a lot of pardons

as they leave office.

[UTUSN]

23. Except that DRUMF ain't a real pres or deferential to tradition!1

He's skipping town and dumping the pardons at that time to lessen the uproar - COWARD.

[onenote]

24. All true, but still easily predictable -- Bill Clinton

Clinton waited until inauguration day itself to issue over 140 pardons. The recipients included his brother, Henry Cisneros (who had served in Clinton's cabinet), Susan MacDougal (jailed during the Watergate investigation) and, most famously, Marc Rich.

Not defending Trump or the practice--just pointing out the history of the practice.

[UTUSN]

26. RICH was the main one to cause furor, the brother minor and sort of touching. The other two you name

were sympathetic compared to the DRUMPF mob. And in RICH's furor the word would be INfamous, not famous.

And equalizing DRUMPF with all presidents *does* take on the tinge of defending him, especially when you single out CLINTON so specifically. Why not Poppy BUSH over his?

My teeny bit of self bragging was tongue in cheek far from proportional to your history. Especially when my topic was not mentioned other than by me that I saw, despite the predictability you so diminish it with.

And I've learned, painfully, that when a point has to be haggled over to never ending replies, it's not a discussion, just a worthless avoidance that the parties should not be together.

[onenote]

27. As I said, I am not defending the practice of "out the door" pardons, no matter who issues them.

Quite the opposite. If a president is going to use the pardon power they shouldn't wait until doing so is consequence free.

[UTUSN]

28. Please stop.

[onenote]

30. You first.

I tend not to remain silent when folks misrepresent my posts.

[Hugin]

32. I disagree, he's dumping those pardons at that time to diminish the inauguration and steal the...

media cycle once again.

No other reason.

[Talitha]

20. Draining the swamp...

[Mr. Ected]

31. Thank you, Founding Fathers, for failing to place any limits on presidential pardon power

It makes the rest of the Constitution seem like it applies to the minions while the executive branch can operate without regard to the law and wipe it away with one signature. A horrifying oversight.