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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI know it's crazy, but as an alternative, White House staffers could simply choose not to commit any crimes.
I know itâs crazy, but as an alternative, White House staffers could simply choose not to commit any crimes.
— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) 2026-04-10T21:56:56.316Z
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I know it's crazy, but as an alternative, White House staffers could simply choose not to commit any crimes. (Original Post)
Swede
12 hrs ago
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bucolic_frolic
(55,326 posts)1. It reeks of conspiracy. He put them up to it. /nft
displacedvermoter
(4,654 posts)2. That horse left the barn early on in this rodeo
Jarqui
(10,918 posts)3. I guess the staff is counting on the cholesterol from Big Macs doesn't get him quickly ...
Martin Eden
(15,671 posts)4. Is it actually possible for a White House staffer to do his bidding
Without committing a crime?
justaprogressive
(6,959 posts)5. They wonder why they're in trouble
malaise
(296,562 posts)6. Yah think?
Hugin
(37,872 posts)7. They have been doing it for 248 years without mass pardons...
It doesn't seem like it would be that difficult.
The concept of a blanket pardon remains untested, anyway. Although, with the current SCrOTUS it's a no brainer which way that test would go.
MineralMan
(151,359 posts)8. Yabbut what fun would that be?
And where would the grift come from?
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,692 posts)9. Commit no crimes? Where's the profit in that? nt