#Pardons

Parrhizzia

parrhizzia

I think we'll find 4 classes of pardons tomorrow:1. The virtue signalling pardons.2. The celebrity distraction pardons.3. The bought and paid for pardons.4. The criminality exposure pardons. The virtue signalling

Harry Litman

harrylitman

Roughly speaking, tomorrow we will see some unexceptionable pardons, some abusive pardons, and some possibly illegal pardons. In the first category is persons who have gone through the established channels

Heidi Li Feldman

HeidiLiFeldman

Donald Trump has caused millions of preventable deaths and excess disease; he imposed outrageous, indecent mental anguish on separated parents and children; he’s been unconstitutionally grifting via emoluments from day

John Harwood

JohnJHarwood

“As President Trump prepares to leave office in days, a lucrative market for pardons is coming to a head, with some of his allies collecting fees from wealthy felons or

Gail Helt

ghelt

To people citing the Nixon pardon as a way to justify a pardon of Trump and those involved in Wednesday’s #insurrection at the #Capitol, to create unity: The Nixon case

Jed Shugerman

jedshug

After investing a lot of time researching & questioning the law of pardons, I think the left is too worked up about the validity of Trump pardons:1. Of the concrete

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

Very good stuff in this thread. But I'd like to note where I disagree on what pardons ideally should be for and should operate. Jack notes the current framework which

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

Anyone telling you that we've seen pardons of this sort before—and therefore we can be sure of their legality under the Constitution—is blowing smoke. These pardons are a matter of

Susan Hennessey

Susan_Hennessey

I'd bet that, deep down, Biden team would view Trump pardoning family & associates as a gift. The last thing Biden or incoming AG want is to be bogged down

Michael S. Schmidt

nytmike

EXCLUSIVE: Trump allies -- like a former campaign staffer and even his former personal lawyer, John Dowd -- have sold their access to Trump, taking $$$ from wealthy felons to

Nick Confessore

nickconfessore

NEW: “I’m just not a fixer or an influence peddler,” Alan Dershowitz told NYT. But @kenvogel and I found that Dersh -- lawyer, Trump-whisperer, amateur diplomat and go-between -- leveraged

Louise Mensch, M.A.

LouiseMensch

Whatever anyone tells you, Presidential pardons are criminal and invalid if granted for corrupt purposes. In 2001 Bill Clinton pardoned the fugitive Marc Rich. @FBI subsequently investigated the pardon to

Carrie Cordero

carriecordero

There will be pardons. A short thread... they will fall into roughly three categories, i expect... 1) unravelling the Mueller investigation. the flynn/stone/manafort variety. anything that has the effect of

Tomi T Ahonen of the Smile Police

tomiahonen

Let's consider the pardons telephonathon at the White House for a moment...a brief thread. I think I can keep this brief. But we'll see :-)(at editing of this thread: sorry.

Palmer Report

PalmerReport

When Trump starts pardoning everyone – and he will – I hope y’all won’t start nervously fretting about how he’s somehow magically winning. It’ll be the end of him. His

Bret Weinstein

BretWeinstein

The President encouraged supporters while maintaining formal deniability. Congress has the right and power to prevent him from seeking the office again. It should. Then President Pence should issue the

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