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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA very, very, very interesting question about presidential pardons:
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IF PENCE MURDERS TRUMP, CAN HE PARDON HIMSELF?
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A very, very, very interesting question about presidential pardons: (Original Post)
DetlefK
Jun 2018
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TimeSnowDemos
(476 posts)1. Why stop there?
With a bit of initiative Kirstjen Nielsen could be President.
unblock
(52,243 posts)2. it's a mob, and that's the way mobs work. so, in donnie's world, yes, that's how it works.
he's trying to turn america into the mirror, mirror episode of star trek:tos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror,_Mirror_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)
(sorry, linking to wiki pages with parentheses in the title sucks. find "star trek" on the disambiguation page and follow that link)
you move up by assassination.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)3. Perfect question
CanisCrocinus
(109 posts)4. Or...
Wait until November, and let Nancy Pelosi shoot both Pence and Trump. President Pelosi than pardons herself.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)5. That would be a state felony
So, no. The pardon power is limited to federal offenses.