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    Default POLL: Will Trump pardon the rioters?

    Lindsey Graham warned Trump in public, and many others did the same behind closed doors, not to pardon the Capitol Rioters. The reasons are numerous, but the key question is "Will Trump pardon the rioters?"

    I think he won't because then he'd have to take responsibility for the insurrection and attack on the Capitol. This means all of those rioters will be left swinging in the breeze by Trump. Facing hard prison time will, no doubt, convince most of the criminals to cut deals to save their own asses....mostly fat middle-aged asses, but asses just the same.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ts/4198521001/
    Graham says pardoning Capitol rioters 'would destroy' Trump

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-trump-pardons
    'I’m facing a prison sentence': US Capitol rioters plead with Trump for pardons
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Lindsey Graham warned Trump in public, and many others did the same behind closed doors, not to pardon the Capitol Rioters. The reasons are numerous, but the key question is "Will Trump pardon the rioters?"

    I think he won't because then he'd have to take responsibility for the insurrection and attack on the Capitol. This means all of those rioters will be left swinging in the breeze by Trump. Facing hard prison time will, no doubt, convince most of the criminals to cut deals to save their own asses....mostly fat middle-aged asses, but asses just the same.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ts/4198521001/
    Graham says pardoning Capitol rioters 'would destroy' Trump

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-trump-pardons
    'I’m facing a prison sentence': US Capitol rioters plead with Trump for pardons
    I wouldn't put this pass him.
    Last edited by Trumpet; 01-18-2021 at 09:31 AM.
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    He is trying to distance himself from them so no he won't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trumpet View Post
    I wouldn't put is pass him.
    He's certainly delusional, but Jared+Ivanka will probably persuade him to save his own ass first with something like "Daddy, they are useful idiots, morons and peons. You have millions more. Save yourself for the millions and let these few thousand go to prison."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eagle_Eye View Post
    He is trying to distance himself from them so no he won't.
    Agreed. Trump always puts Trump first.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Agreed. Trump always puts Trump first.
    You forgot "and the American way"


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    Quote Originally Posted by Eagle_Eye View Post
    You forgot "and the American way"

    "for Truth, Justice and the American way" isn't as popular these days as they were in our day, EE.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Lindsey Graham warned Trump in public, and many others did the same behind closed doors, not to pardon the Capitol Rioters. The reasons are numerous, but the key question is "Will Trump pardon the rioters?"

    I think he won't because then he'd have to take responsibility for the insurrection and attack on the Capitol. This means all of those rioters will be left swinging in the breeze by Trump. Facing hard prison time will, no doubt, convince most of the criminals to cut deals to save their own asses....mostly fat middle-aged asses, but asses just the same.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ts/4198521001/
    Graham says pardoning Capitol rioters 'would destroy' Trump

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-trump-pardons
    'I’m facing a prison sentence': US Capitol rioters plead with Trump for pardons
    These slack jawed hillbillies have not been convicted of anything yet.

    Can a president preemptively pardon someone who has not yet been convicted of a crime?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    These slack jawed hillbillies have not been convicted of anything yet.

    Can a president preemptively pardon someone who has not yet been convicted of a crime?
    Not a lawyer, but from what I've read, it's a distinct possibility. However, I strongly doubt Trump would do it since, if he did, then he's confessing to his own guilt of starting the insurrection.

    Junior is guilty too. Trump will probably pardon his guilty children, but not the thousands who attacked the Capitol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cypress View Post
    These slack jawed hillbillies have not been convicted of anything yet.

    Can a president preemptively pardon someone who has not yet been convicted of a crime?
    yes
    Michael Flynn was never convicted

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    yes
    Michael Flynn was never convicted
    He plead guilty to a crime. Twice.

    Trump's terrorists have not plead guilty and claim they are innocent

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dutch Uncle View Post
    Lindsey Graham warned Trump in public, and many others did the same behind closed doors, not to pardon the Capitol Rioters. The reasons are numerous, but the key question is "Will Trump pardon the rioters?"

    I think he won't because then he'd have to take responsibility for the insurrection and attack on the Capitol. This means all of those rioters will be left swinging in the breeze by Trump. Facing hard prison time will, no doubt, convince most of the criminals to cut deals to save their own asses....mostly fat middle-aged asses, but asses just the same.

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ts/4198521001/
    Graham says pardoning Capitol rioters 'would destroy' Trump

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-trump-pardons
    'I’m facing a prison sentence': US Capitol rioters plead with Trump for pardons
    You are correct, he can’t, would make him complicit

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    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    yes
    Michael Flynn was never convicted
    No, he wasn't convicted because he plead guilty. Otherwise, I don't know if a pardon can be issued to one merely accused.
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    Quote Originally Posted by archives View Post
    You are correct, he can’t, would make him complicit
    The most interesting part to me is how Trump's failure to pardon his fans, the very people he and Junior told to attack the Capitol, will affect his popularity with all of his fans not in jail.

    I suspect Trump's popularity with his fans has peaked and that by failing to pardon them, he has effectively jumped the shark. He can spend millions on Trump TV and Trump social media, but it will become a money pit as his lies and betrayals are remembered.

    Trump has painted himself into a Lose-Lose position. He fucked himself and will be popularly known as the Biggest Loser of the United States.

    Chrissy Teigen is correct: Trump is the Pussy Assed Bitch of the United States.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by anatta View Post
    yes
    Michael Flynn was never convicted
    No, he wasn't convicted because he plead guilty. Otherwise, I don't know if a pardon can be issued to one merely accused.
    Agreed, Flynn took a plea deal. Americans know this, Russian bots not so much.

    The plea deals Trump's Rioters will be making will dismantle the network of RW terrorism built up over the past few years. Hundred will go to Federal prison for their crimes.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...h-lying-to-fbi
    former national security adviser Michael Flynn announced on Friday that he was cooperating with prosecutors and ready to testify about Russian contacts.

    After months of silence and invisibility, Flynn walked into a federal courthouse in Washington DC on Friday morning and pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the FBI. The plea was part of a larger deal with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, and strikes at the heart of the Trump White House.
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