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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wonder why Eastman thought he needed a pardon
Perhaps he can't find a good criminal lawyer
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I wonder why Eastman thought he needed a pardon (Original Post)
usajumpedtheshark
Jun 2022
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Aviation Pro
(12,172 posts)1. Because he knows
He's going to be prison belle of the ball.
usajumpedtheshark
(672 posts)2. Sorry! I didn't see the other Eastmen pardon posting
Backseat Driver
(4,393 posts)3. Maybe he thought he should be paid somehow for his
bullet-point legal counsel plan, and the best he could do was a pardon?
Best_man23
(4,898 posts)4. It was probably the same thought that made him do this
Invoke the 5th amendment 100 times in a deposition.
VMA131Marine
(4,140 posts)5. First rule of coups
Get rid of all the people who know about the bad stuff you did.