If he does it for the rest of his term he might catch up to the democratic party
I don't see the point, honestly. This will get thrown out almost immediately and for what? To piss people off? Okay I guess. I personally think it would be smarter to find any crimes committed after the pardons or that could be argued were not covered by the pardons. I imagine there's probably quite a bit that could be found on Hunter that he wasn't pardoned for.
Correct. Same issue with Iran-Contra. Iran-Contra was ran exclusively by HW Bush when Reagan was suffering from dementia, but it couldn't be proven.
Yeah this is a bigger deal though. This deals with hard coded Article II powers.
It's not outside the realm of possibility that they have Nixon-esque tapes. That would be pretty wild.
There's a novel where this happens. The president sets up camps where political dissidents are safe from instantly pardoned murders.
you literally can't be forced to answer questions that will 'implicate' you.
Your telling me it isn't? Well I bet Nick Rekieta would beg to differ.
Joe's dementia isn't going to be an issue because there were several checks and ballances that were supposed to trigger if he is unfit for office and those in charge of triggering it thought he was fit for service. As long as he was in the driver seat he has power, no ifs, ands, or buts. The issue here is staffers taking it upon themselves to issue pardons without his knowing, approval, and signature.
Okay, this one is named after food and not an animal, but I still think my theory was valid.
You literally can't plead the 5th when you are pardoned brother you have to give an actual answer. Why do you think Hunter is in South Africa right now?
Trump making good on his boast about being able to shoot any random person on the streets of new york and get away with it would make this the presidency of the century, holy shit.
This 100%. Right now the whole thing is about empowering the executive to its afforded power. Fucking with executive privilege in this moment does nothing for what's coming re: the judiciary.
Staffers communicate though a dozen channels both offical and unofficial, it wouldn't suprise me if someone didn't scrub a telegram or slack chat and now Trump's guys are combing though it.
Incorrect, you still can if you think it would incriminate you for something you aren't pardoned for.
That's what I'm thinking about, as well. How is this going to even play out? They must have something that's so incriminating that they're allowed to reverse a presidential pardon.
He's going to say under oath that he personally approved them whether he did or not, and there is no way to prove otherwise.
They got pretty substantial blanket pardons. You would be pretty hard pressed to find a reason to plead the 5th outside of actively commiting crimes currently.
You're not allowed to reverse a presidential pardon lmao.
The pardons are sweeping for almost a decade for specific people like Liz Cheney so if it's ruled she still is pardoned she would be forced to answer yes.
Then I guess they will be answering the questions.
A good one would be if the president of the united states did something to dispute your pardon.
