Charlie McHenry on Nostr: The inauguration is Jan. 20th and Trump has promised to #pardon all the jailed Jan. ...
The inauguration is Jan. 20th and Trump has promised to #pardon all the jailed Jan. 6th insurrectionists on that day… Why is this a very bad idea? Joyce Vance, a former federal prosecutor and senior fellow at the Brennan Center, explains: “If Trump pardons January 6 rioters, he would be using the pardon power to erase an attack on Constitution and country. The purpose of that attack was his personal benefit — if it had succeeded, it could have permitted him to stay in power after losing the election, contrary to every principle of American democracy. An exercise of the pardon power along those lines would have no resemblance to what the Founding Fathers intended.” #USPol #politics #inauguration
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