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Ocelot II

(128,948 posts)
2. STFU, asshole.
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 05:14 PM
Apr 2025

Pardons are the sole prerogative of the presidency per the Constitution and they can't be revoked, invalidated or questioned. Trump's pardons of some truly reprehensible characters, including the J6 insurrectionists, would be subject to the same scrutiny by a Democratic administration. Ford pardoned Nixon even though he hadn't been charged with a crime at the time, and though a lot of people were unhappy about it, nobody claimed the pardon was invalid or revocable.

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