Eastman email seeking a pardon

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

[H2O Man]

1. Recommended.

Speaks rather loudly, eh?

[Nevilledog]

2. Totally something an *innocent* person would do.

Maybe he just didn't know any of these 👇

[gratuitous]

3. I'm sure there's a totally reasonable explanation

However, the explanation's dependence on unicorn farts, leprechaun toenails, and the former guy's integrity will render it too laughable to be believed. But it's right there in black and white, media reporters: Tell your audience about it without trying to "both sides" it.

[Nevilledog]

4. Are you pardon shaming?

[gratuitous]

8. Read it again carefully

I was leprechaun toenail shaming.

And now I hang my head in shame shaming.

[Nevilledog]

13. I stand corrected.....feeling shamed.

[NutmegYankee]

9. ...

[fightforfreedom]

5. It was stated in the hearing, Eastman did not receive a pardon.

No secret, magical, mystical pocket pardon for Eastman.

[Nevilledog]

6. Don't know how they'd know if he got one. But this gets you thinking 👇

Link to tweet

Tweet text:

Glenn Kirschner
@glennkirschner2
John Eastman requested a pardon. He did not receive one. So he pled the 5th before the J6 committee because his testimony would have incriminated him. BUT Rudy, Don Jr., Ivanka & Jared DID NOT plead the 5th - they testified. Think they have pocket pardons?
12:44 PM · Jun 16, 2022

[fightforfreedom]

11. Pocket pardons for what?

Don't you have to be charged with a crime to get a pardon? How could Trump give a pardon for something that doesn't exist? Are these just in case pardons? If you are ever charged with a crime in the future, just whip out your pardon.

[Nevilledog]

12. Don't have to be charged before receiving a pardon.

Most likely they're talking about blanket pardons which would cover any charged or uncharged offenses up until the day of the pardon. Remember, Nixon was pardoned even though he hadn't been charged:

Proclamation 4311 was a presidential proclamation issued by president of the United States Gerald Ford on September 8, 1974, granting a full and unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon, his predecessor, for any crimes that he might have committed against the United States as president.

Here's an article about whether a blanket pardon is constitutional

https://www.justsecurity.org/73900/are-blanket-pardons-constitutional-a-reply-to-bowman/

[Emile]

7. Guilty as hell!

[usonian]

10. FAIL

[Brother Buzz]

14. The orange anus knew Dr Eastman would sing like a bird if he granted the pardon