US President Donald Trump has insisted he has the "complete power" to pardon people, amid reports he is considering presidential pardons for family members, aides and even himself.
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If powerful evidence comes out of impeachable evidence on tRump, and he pardons himself and his family, and politicians/the American people take do not quickly get rid of tRump for this travesty of justice, I am fleeing the country even at great cost to myself and my immediate family.
I will preferably move to a country that has a high amount % wise of atheist like Australia or New Zealand that also mostly speak english. (I suck at learning new languages that are not computer languages.)
The president may pardon anyone for any offense EXCEPT for IMPEACHMENT! He may not pardon retroactively according to law. Meaning he cannot pardon himself for things that he may do in the future. Also accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt and is automatically annotated as a confession of guilt of a crime.
Trump is acting just like Putin when Putin was dismantling the Russian democratic government. I wonder where Trump got that idea!
Oh dear. Did you elect a president or a king?
And we thought Nixon was a crook.
As a Brit, I must admit.. it was funny at first! Now though......
There should be an IQ test to run for office!
" considering presidential pardons for family members, aides and even himself" ...
Just a thought..... isn't the issuing of pardons only applicable if wrong doing has been proven ...?
and if this is the case then is this the Umpa Lumpa in chief admitting to transgressions ..... ?
umpa lumpa LOL, good visual there and might I add, not too far off!
Acceptance of a pardon is an admission of guilt.
Is "x" legal or illegal? That can (and maybe) determined by the law or legal precedents ... as seen by a particular judge, or by a majority opinion by a court of judges. As such, a legal determination is mostly determined by the acting judge(s). Enough said.
What about the question of ethics?
For 32 years I was involved in the financial services industry. I could have lost my license(s) to operate for ethical issues that were not per se illegal.
Even though he can pardon people for crimes against the US Government, he cannot issue pardons for crimes prosecuted by individual states.
District Attorneys in New York, Maryland and Virginia await in anticipation.
Good to know.
A presidential pardon is a right granted to the President of the United States by the U.S. Constitution to forgive a person for a crime, or to excuse a person convicted of a crime from punishment.... except the President cannot pardon himself for Impeachment. Sorry Donny.
Why doesnt he just ask Jebus to pardon him?
I hear this clown is trying to Pardon himself.