Can trump pardon all the people arrested in the capital Hill shit?
 

Can he pardon them?

You thinking like a bitch ass ***

niggah

Can he? Yes. Those people are pawns though, Trump isn’t gonna publicly put his neck out for them. Next question

He totally could but 100% will not. He would have to actually care about those people to do that.

I wouldn't be surprised if gets tossed in the can.

apparently, he can pardon himself too.

Not for the state charges in New York

Trump going to jail

@Hush

Fuck you ***

Self pardons have questionable legality. Trump would have to gamble on a favorable ruling when it gets to the Supreme Court. He's better off stepping down for a Pence pardon.

But politically its a lot harder for Pence to do that after Wednesday so Donnie boy might be fucked.

trump and pence are beefing now.

He actually cannot pardon any of them. They have to be convicted of a crime in order to be pardoned. They will be in the pretrial stages for months.

A federal pardon can be issued prior to the start of a legal case or inquiry, prior to any indictments being issued, for unspecified offenses, and prior to or after a conviction for a federal crime.

butt butta but bun

Buuutttt then couldn’t they re-draft the charges after he leaves office?

punchline

This is completely false,
At federal level you can pardon before conviction

No.

This

Trump can pardon anyone for all actual or potential federal offenses, whether before or after they’re charged. It’s what happened with Nixon.

State charges are a different matter..... the real question is whether DC offenses are federal or state.. IMO, that issue will probably go to the Supreme Court next year.

Isn’t DC always federal?

It’s a hybrid. Among other things, it has a mayor and a city council, but is also considered a federal district. So, it’s not clear what local laws (which everywhere else would be state laws) would be treated like for constitutional pardon power purposes.

There are all kinds of weird constitutional issues about DC. It’s why the Heller case (the most important case about the 2nd amendment) was brought there.