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pnwmom

(109,000 posts) Fri Jul 21, 2017, 12:26 PM Jul 2017

Level39, some anonymous tweeter, has an interesting argument about pardons

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://twitter.com/level39/status/888424308288172032

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Level39, some anonymous tweeter, has an interesting argument about pardons (Original Post) pnwmom Jul 2017 OP

Trump cannot pardon state law crimes-only federal crimes Gothmog Jul 2017 #1

That is part of Level39's argument. pnwmom Jul 2017 #2

Gothmog

(145,635 posts)

1. Trump cannot pardon state law crimes-only federal crimes

Reply to pnwmom (Original post)

Fri Jul 21, 2017, 12:43 PM

Jul 2017

pnwmom

(109,000 posts)

2. That is part of Level39's argument.

Reply to Gothmog (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 21, 2017, 12:49 PM

Jul 2017

Also he's saying that pardons impute guilt, and anyone who accepts a pardon is admitting guilt -- and that fact could be used against the pardoned person in a state court trial.

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