• aramis87@fedia.io
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    A) he could be pardoned right now, before anything else happens. Except

    B) he’s been charged with crimes at the state level, so Walz isn’t going to pardon him and a pardon from the federal level would have no effect

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      I don’t think this would be the case for it, but I fully expect Trump, before the end of his term, to attempt to pardon state crimes and insist it applies

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        He’s already issued a pardon to a woman in Colorado who was convicted [only at the state level] of crimes in trying to overturn the 2020 election. Her lawyer is trying that exact argument.