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I don't love it either, but I'm not sure how you tell a man that he should let his only surviving son rot in prison to respect norms, institutions, and the rule of law, when the country you devoted your life to serving just pretty comprehensively voted they don't give a shit about any of that.

Two wrongs don't make a right though, and just waving a white flag and saying "oh well, country's going to hell anyway" doesn't seem the best course of action to me. There will be future elections, people will remember this, and use this as an example of hypocrisy.

Exactly. If he hadn't pardoned him Trump would simply say it's because he knew he was guilty. Damned if you do, etc.

Well, I'll guess we'll see. Even if you're right it feels uncomfortable to me. "Respect these institutions! Well, except just for now, for me"