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soandso

(1,631 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2024, 05:12 AM Dec 2

About this pardon for Hunter [View all]

I hadn't actually read it but was good with what I heard. Pardoned for the gun thing and the IRS - both fine by me. Victimless crimes. But, then I read the pardon and now I'm wondering, uh, WTF? This is a blanket pardon for any and all crimes, known or unknown for an eleven year period. How can someone be pardoned for something they've not been charged with and what other crimes are we talking about here? Is this even constitutional? When Hunter made a plea deal, his lawyers tried exactly this - a blanket pardon and it didn't fly with the court.

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About this pardon for Hunter [View all] soandso Dec 2 OP

If he had been specific, the GOP would try for woodsprite Dec 2 #1

Bingo! BoRaGard Dec 2 #6

OR driving him to suicide jmowreader Dec 2 #21

Who knows what the Magats would try and dig up.... DemMedic Dec 2 #2

I don't blame Joe. Haggard Celine Dec 2 #3

I agree on that soandso Dec 2 #5

Agree claudette Dec 2 #12

Very happy that President Biden did this Mike 03 Dec 2 #4

Or don't listen. Think. Again. Dec 2 #9

Good! JustAnotherGen Dec 2 #7

rightwingers are not decent people, they did not just prosecute Hunter... Think. Again. Dec 2 #8

As others have said duncang Dec 2 #10

From what I've read soandso Dec 2 #13

There was already a plea deal duncang Dec 2 #15

Pretty sure that Gerald Ford gave a blanket pardon for Richard Nixon. no_hypocrisy Dec 2 #11

Didn't that pertain to Watergate, though? soandso Dec 2 #14

No, it was very similar in structure to this pardon. tritsofme Dec 2 #17

Nixon's pardon was a blanket pardon for a time period, and it preceded Watergate Prairie Gates Dec 2 #22

If you don't like the pardon, go sit in the corner with trump. Paladin Dec 2 #16

I support the pardon soandso Dec 2 #24

On Principal DeepWinter Dec 2 #18

Original Pres Ford Pardon Declaration for Richard Nixon linked at bottom C0RI0LANUS Dec 2 #19

Stops the pukes The Unmitigated Gall Dec 2 #20

Blanket pardon ends all the convicted felons revenge toward Joe thru Hunter. republianmushroom Dec 2 #23