Pardons, Commutations and Dropped Prosecutions | Trump pardons Giuliani

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President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says.

Ed Martin, the government’s pardon attorney, posted on social media a signed proclamation of the “full, complete, and unconditional” pardon, which also names conservative attorneys Sidney Powell and John Eastman. The proclamation, posted online late Sunday, explicitly says the pardon does not apply to Trump.

Presidential pardons apply only to federal crimes, and none of the Trump allies was charged in a federal case. But the move underscores Trump’s efforts to continue to rewrite the history of the 2020 election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.…”
 
Trump : Hey, Johnny who is our next contestant on the Pardon Is Right ?

Johnny Olson: Ghislaine Maxwell, COME ON DOWN !!!!
 
Robert Reich : I admire Senate Democrats’ soft hearts but not their soft heads. I hope there’s still time for them to regain their mettle.

 
The "Alternate Electors" scheme was the real coup attempt.
Apparently the next step is that people who have been convicted in state courts are going to argue that the presidential election was a federal matter, so their state convictions should be federal and subject to this pardon. If that works, then they’ll try to expand it to other people convicted on election fraud claims (like Tina whatshername in Colorado, whose conviction for tampering with state election equipment is a big deal among the no MAGA left behind crowd).

That shouldn’t work, IMO, but from what I read will be tried.
 
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