• Flying SquidOP
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    381 year ago

    Remember- presidents cannot pardon state-level crimes. Even if he were elected, if he were found guilty here, he couldn’t pardon himself.

    • n1ckn4m3
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      161 year ago

      Sure, but who is going to hold him accountable? The justice department can’t do anything when the supreme court is willing to fold on constitutional law in favor of personal interest and partisan loyalism – checks and balances only work when they’re impartial and that’s just not the case right now. I definitely wouldn’t be holding my breath waiting for any Trump conviction to have any actual impact.

      • Flying SquidOP
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        71 year ago

        I guess it depends on whether or not he can be extradited to Georgia if found guilty. Otherwise all he has to do is just never go to Georgia.

      • @Saprophyte@lemmy.world
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        31 year ago

        Brian Kemp has been nose deep in Trump’s orange grundle for years, the only delay he would have in pardoning Trump is because of all the orgasms he’d have while drawing up the paperwork.

          • Flying SquidOP
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            71 year ago

            And he is not on Trump’s side. He might be a right-wing asshole, but he doesn’t like Trump.

          • 1chemistdown
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            51 year ago

            TIL. And there are eight other states where this is true. Done with the internet today. Don’t want to learn too much.