Donald Trump has promised to pardon his White House staffers, reported the Wall Street Journal’s Josh Dawsey in an exclusive report on Friday.
Dawsey, the veteran DC reporter, cited “people who have heard his comments” in the bombshell report revealing that Trump is asking his staff to operate with a sense of impunity.
“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval,” Trump reportedly told staffers “in a recent meeting to laughs.”
It’s almost like they’re criminals or something.
More corruption. And Americans continue to do nothing .
This is why I don’t want bondi being investigated right now. I can wait 3 years.
They could have stopped Trump from running if they cared.
Why do they need assurances that they’d get pardons?
This is the guy that claimed anyone taking the Fifth was guilty, now promising pardons?
The system allows it, real democracies don’t rely on people’s good faith
You know, you always have the power to void any pardons from Trump (create a new law). But that would require you lot to grow some balls which I don’t see happening.
He will pardon anyone whose useful to him, regardless of the crimes. I’m exhausted trying to get people to understand just how destructive and dangerous it is for him to be in power. None of it matters. He’s gonna get away with it all because too many people believe, for no good fucking reason, that something will stop him so the don’t have to act.
He will pardon everyone who can afford it.
I’d love it if the media would stop reporting that Trump doing the worst fucking thing imaginable is a “bombshell.”
“bombs’ hell” in Middle East
“Bombshell Report: Trump tells his staff no one will be getting a pardon.”
Now there’s a headline I didn’t see coming.
But this is a bombshell, though? Would be the worst scandal of any other administration.
Every single day would be the worst scandal of any other administration.
Is this your first day here? Like, on Earth?
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, dismissed Trump’s comments in a statement, saying, “The Wall Street Journal should learn to take a joke, however, the President’s pardon power is absolute.”
It’s just a joke, bro! Unless…
Y’all are the actual government of an entire country. You shouldn’t be making fucking jokes in the first place especially when it pertains to the law. And if this was a joke, it’s not even a very good one.
The Donvict operates this way, testing the waters to see how far he can go and see what might stick.
my kid reverts to “im just joking” when they know they fucked up, and they are 8. is the potus an 8yo?
That’s not fair. 8 year olds aren’t nearly this dumb.
Doesn’t he say he’s the same person he was when he was 4 and proud of it?
It’s not absolute.
Ok hold, that’s fine let him do that. Now what the next president should do just assassinate them and then pardon the assassins. Since it seems that we can do whatever the fuck we want with the pardons now.
There is a pretty significant chance that Trump won’t keep his word.
And that’s if he doesn’t just die before he has a chance to.
Generally speaking, you want to pardon your Capos because you don’t want them ratting on you.
You say this as if trump thinks things through.
Hows that Iran situation going? Oh, he declaired absolute victory? How very odd, and also factually untrue.
You say this as if trump thinks things through.
He’s been at this racket for a long while.
Hows that Iran situation going?
Everyone on the inside is making a ton of money.
If they’re pardoned they can’t hide behind the fifth, especially if he issues the blanket pardons like he’s threatening.
Might make for some interesting TV. And you KNOW those dumbfucks would then somehow screw up their testimony, subjecting them to perjury charges…
If they’re pardoned they can’t hide behind the fifth
They can if they don’t fear a contempt charge. Quite a few seem happy enough to entirely ignore subpoenas
Yeah but on the other hand, if they are pardoned then the 5th doesn’t apply to them and they can face charges for not answering questions.
How do pardons work on war crimes?
Trump has previously pardoned at least one guy convicted of warcrimes in US courts. So I assume pardons work just fine, for that purpose.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/eddie-gallagher-trump-navy-seal-iraq
Well that’s fucked up.
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But does a US President even have the right to send US citizens to The Hague? I imagine not, since the US is not a signatory.
If there is no legal US framework, then sending them to The Hague against their will would presumably literally be a crime under US law. In principle, US President can’t just kidnap people.
US President can’t just kidnap people.
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lol, this made me laugh in the most depressing manner.
They can’t be pardoned if people get upset enough and remove them
A pardon doesn’t magically suspend physics, that’s for sure.
If impeachment goes to trial in the Senate and it looks like it might not go well for him, he will make sure everyone is pardoned before he is removed from office.
republicans will make a show of it but ultimately they won’t vote to remove him. They’re complicit and they’re absolutely wallowing in the fact that they can do whatever they want as long as they convince everyone it was his idea.
What are the odds of people getting “upset enough” about this, but not about putting your shitter full of top secret documents and getting away with it scot-free?
The interesting thing about child rape, is that it activates the completely unhinged QAnon-esque people, who actually do commit violence with glee. Though I disagree with them on many things, we just happen to be aligned on “child rape=bad”. That crime creates a visceral reaction that “stealing and selling state secrets” doesn’t quite emit.
So I feel like Epstein is the one thing that could actually get through to many in MAGA cult.
Mamdani is safe!
Here’s a thought: he does that and the next admin simply broadcasts all of their locations 24/7 and let the people sort it out. Or give them the option of rejecting their pardons and taking their medicine via the judicial system. I can think of a bunch of creative legal ways we could get around them if Dems are willing to play ball.
