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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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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 17 minutes ago

He's unwittingly telegraphing that they should only pursue state-level prosecutions while he's still in office. Not that they didn't know that already.

Tell me you're guilty as fuck without telling me you're guilty as fuck.

[–] enterthepocket@lemmy.zip 1 points 34 minutes ago

The Dems are made from rat DNA and filled with pastry mix. Just feed them antimatter.

[–] Bieren@lemmy.today 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Pardon for what? Election manipulation? Theft? Treason? Overstaying his education visa?

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago

How fucked up of a country is it that, in America, if Hitler was around living in Texas and putting Jews in concentration camps and murdering them, the president could pardon him?

This isn't a left or right. Abolish pardons. No one should be above the law. Yes I understand shitty governments would weaponize this fast. I don't care.

Trump. Elon. The whole lot of them need to be on trial for policies that have murdered millions worldwide.

[–] Bluewing@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Pardon away. It won't stop state charges.......

[–] ChonkyLincoln@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago

Won’t stop the hangings after Nuremberg 2.0

[–] Snowies@lemmy.zip 20 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Pardoned for what?

They haven’t been convicted of any crimes (yet)?

How is a pre-emptive pardon even a thing? The notion alone seems like a perversion of the original intent.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, there is precedent as Ford's pardon of Nixon included future crimes. It's fucking stupid.

[–] Master_Suck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

You can't call it a "precedent" if it was not contested in a legal environment.

That said, the constitution allows too much bullshit. It needs to be culled.

[–] Radical_Socialist_t00t@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 hours ago

Next president better reverse all these dollarstore pardons.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago

trump doesn't care about helping anyone but he loves being thanked. He's a pretty simple guy underneath all the simplicity.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 hours ago

Great. If pardoned, they can't take the Fifth for anything they were pardoned for, and they can be nailed for contempt if they don't testify or if they lie.

[–] tacoplease@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Only the guilty need pardons before the crimes are listed.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like we’re getting dangerously close to the point where we start making our own justice

[–] bunnybunny@lemmy.zip 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Someone already gave you guys a good example

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 2 points 3 hours ago

'Chop chop!!'

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

Elon needs to spend the rest of his pathetic loser life in prison

[–] GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world 14 points 18 hours ago

They invented “Presidential immunity”. Time for Dems to invent “void corrupt pardons”. Found in the same section of the Constitution.

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