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Does this mean they are immune from any investigation?
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257 sats \ 2 replies \ @petertodd 18h
Fun fact: it's settled case law that acceptance of a pardon is admission of guilt.
Also, a pardon means that you can't plead the 5th in questioning, as there is no risk of incrimination. Yet lying is still perjury.
It would be very interesting to put Fauci on the stand...
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25 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xIlmari 17h
But when a pardon is a blanket, preemptive one like these are, that is, without naming a crime, what is it an admission of? "Something"?
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14 sats \ 0 replies \ @petertodd 16h
That's one reason why these pardons may not hold up in court.
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94 sats \ 2 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 20h
It sounds like it, in theory. Interesting that some folks didn't want it, and I'm not sure a pardon (especially a blanket one) can be refused. It's bad precedent on Biden's part, though a lot of the promised/threatened prosecutions would also have been bad precedent.
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37 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 19h
The precedent of pardon-circuses was set long before now.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 18h
Other than Ford pardoning Nixon, I can't recall one quite on this level. Usually, there's a ton of pardons that would either not have been politically popular, or are obvious quid-pro-quo (Trump was the master of this last one), but a preemptive one for a large group isn't one I think we've seen before.
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114 sats \ 3 replies \ @freetx 19h
IMNAL however I don't understand how you can "pardon" someone when no charges have even been filed.
These sorts of preemptive & blanket pardons would seem to be unconstitutional
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21 sats \ 2 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 18h
Nixon's pardon was also preemptive (though targeted more at one person, obviously).
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 9h
As it related to Watergate and articles of impeachment were drafted by a House committee which led to Nixon resigning
Fauci or Milley or J6 committee were never charged with a crime. These preemptive pardons are intended to stifle any investigation or interrogation
Milley can still be court martialed
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14 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 18h
Very good point.
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154 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fundamentals 18h
Not at all - in fact the opposite. They have no immunity to testifying because they are not able to incriminate themselves when they have immunity from prosecution.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @LowK3y19 16h
Got to take care of your boys before u leave the job
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 17h
Ah, hmm, I posted a dupe about this. I wonder why this post didn't show up in the similarity check when posting.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 18h
We need to get rid of the presidential pardon system, or completely overhaul it. It's a clear abuse of power and it happens at the end of every presidency.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 18h
Pathetic
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @fm 19h
Not sure... But it does mean a fat check for Biden Cartel
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 19h
Why the pardon if bo crime was committed? Hmm 🤔
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 20h
My same first thoughts...
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