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I kind of hope he does try to pardon himself because it would make for a very interesting SCOTUS case.
The much smarter thing for him to do would be to resign the day before he leaves office and have Pence pardon him since that's clearly 100% legal and couldn't be challenged in court.
When Trump mass pardons all his criminal co-conspirators and himself on the way out, will any of his supporters care? Or am I asking a rhetorical question?
I feel like I'm asking a question and feigning that I don't know the answer, but I think we need to get the fact that Trump will use his pardon-power to absolve criminality into the bloodstream. Otherwise Trump will be in rough legal shape when he leaves office.
If this happens, I hope that trump supporters understand that he will have created a precedent where Democratic Presidents can do the very same thing.
I kind of hope he does try to pardon himself because it would make for a very interesting SCOTUS case.
The much smarter thing for him to do would be to resign the day before he leaves office and have Pence pardon him since that's clearly 100% legal and couldn't be challenged in court.
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