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257 sats \ 5 replies \ @petertodd 20 Jan \ on: Biden in Final Hours Pardons Cheney, Fauci and Milley to Thwart Reprisals news
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 \ 2 replies \ @0xIlmari 20 Jan
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 \ 1 reply \ @petertodd 20 Jan
That's one reason why these pardons may not hold up in court.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 26 Jan
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 26 Jan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdick_v._United_States
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 26 Jan
that's right
the interrogation is the punishment
and he won't be immune from state charges both criminal and civil
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