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Sen. Bernie Sanders says Biden should 'very seriously' consider pre-emptive pardons(www.nbcnews.com)

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Sen. Bernie Sanders urged President Biden to “very seriously” consider pre-emptive pardons for members of the Jan. 6 Committee after Trump threatened to jail them.

Trump has also pledged to pardon convicted Jan. 6 rioters, calling their imprisonment unjust.

Sanders condemned Trump’s remarks as authoritarian, while some Republicans, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, disagreed with Trump’s proposal.

Committee members, including Adam Schiff and Bennie Thompson, defended their work, calling Trump’s comments an attack on democracy and the rule of law.

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protist@mander.xyz
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Trouble is only the president is immune from prosecution, per SCOTUS. Unless Biden personally chokes the life out of Trump’s flabby, orange body, someone else would be on the hook for murder

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bitwise@lemmy.ca
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  • Order his murder
  • Pardon those responsible
  • ???
  • Profit?

Not advocating, just saying the “logic” of complete immunity plus his pardon powers means he can just make it go away, right? (This is why the idea of prosecutorial immunity is a terrible one.)

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foggy@lemmy.world
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I beg your pardon

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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He could remove SCOTUS too.

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RandomVideos@programming.dev
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Im not sure about the USA, but in Romania you cant get punished for a crime if you were threatened by someone to do something(with a real chance of the threat happening), only the person who threatened you

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captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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In the united states the military has had it drilled into them that they have a legal obligation to disobey unlawful orders even when threatened. It’s a little bit because of Nuremberg and a lot because of the massive number of war crimes we committed in Vietnam

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