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Rhiannon12866

(205,421 posts) Fri Jun 17, 2022, 08:10 PM Jun 2022

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Smoking Gun: Why Trump Lawyer Seeking Pardon May Sink Trump For Illegal Coup - The Beat - MSNBC

MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber reports on the smoking gun evidence showing that Trump lawyer John Eastman knew that his election plot was illegal. Writing to Rudy Giuliani days after January 6, Eastman sought a pardon for himself for the attempted coup. Aired on 06/17/2022.

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Smoking Gun: Why Trump Lawyer Seeking Pardon May Sink Trump For Illegal Coup - The Beat - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 OP

Asking to get on a PARDON list is admitting guilt for a crime committed. ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2022 #1

Exactly! Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #2

Even the US Supreme said so... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2022 #3

ProudMNDemocrat

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1. Asking to get on a PARDON list is admitting guilt for a crime committed.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2022, 08:14 PM

Jun 2022

As a lawyer himself, John Eastman should know better. For what he did constitutes a CRIME.

Rhiannon12866

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2. Exactly!

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 17, 2022, 08:17 PM

Jun 2022

Ari made a great point!

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)

3. Even the US Supreme said so...

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 17, 2022, 08:21 PM

Jun 2022

That accepting a pardon is admitting guilt.

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