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Trump said he would consider pre-emptive pardons to protect Elon Musk and other close aides should Democrats take control of Congress

Donald Trump said he would be willing to protect Elon Musk and his staff if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterm elections this week.

In an interview for the “Pod Force One” podcast published Monday, Trump said he would move to “protect” the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO if Congressional investigators targeted him.

Trump also indicated that he was weighing pre-emptive pardons for his close aides and others around him should the Democrats pursue investigations, according to Axios. It is a notion that the president has floated before to keep his team from facing prosecution for actions during the first two years of his term.

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[–] Bwaz@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

oh, I think that even if he premptively pardons the entire gang, Congress should investigate anyway. Just so that the record of what they did is made public and Trump doesn't get to revise the historical record.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago

Fuck all that, I'm sick of pageantry and fucking reports, these fuckers need to go to PRISON they've committed an insane number of crimes and there needed to be consequences!!!

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

even if he premptively pardons the entire gang

Depends on what you mean by "pre-emptively." If you mean before they've been charged, that part is true. But pardons can only be for events in the past, so that interpretation of "pre-emptively" isn't valid. I'm guessing you meant the former.

[–] Speltrong@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Aren't pardons only for convictions. Have them plead and specify the deads so they have immunity

Then charge them elsewhere. Tax them. Civil suits.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

Aren’t pardons only for convictions.

No. Pardons can cover crimes that have not yet even been charged. And they don't have to reference specific crimes either.