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Nothing is a more convincing admission that you know your entire administration is corrupt than giving criminal pardons to EVERYONE.

Jeff Stein@jeffstein.bsky.social

Scoop: White House lawyers are weighing preemptive mass pardons for junior staff, sources says Under discussion: Pardoning everyone involved in deportation, war, or trade policy www.washingtonsun.com/whitehouse/w...

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The next president needs to claim all of these pardons null and void on the account of this admin being a criminal enterprise not a valid presidential term. Same goes for any 'deals' financial or otherwise made during this term.

His pardon power should be removed by the SC except they are a bunch of grifter con men also who will be on the pardon line, Justice Thomas numero uno.

If we remove him from office for being a traitor to this country, we should be able to void every one of his pardons. If necessary, pass a new law to make it so.😎

Why would he give pardons now? Pardons can't be for future crimes, so he'd have to redo it at the end of his term. More likely he'll dangle the idea of mass pardons, just like his "real soon now" $$ checks, but never deliver. If he leaves in a dramatic way before Jan 29, he won't care about them!

Seems like Congress should be able to make a law voiding pardons issued by the President - especially if they were issued for the purpose of obstructing justice.

Well I know which law should be tabled first, void all presidential pardons and revoke the right from presidents. Globally people don't understand why such a right was given in the first place.

This pardon thing is weird. The entire world can see the criming & idiocy by the WH occupant. And that criminal can pardon other criminals, even the ones that committed crimes for him, with him, to cover for him. The US is a hot mess.

I am waiting to see who Trump does Not pardon. You just know he is going to be pissy about somebody who hasn't been quite loyal enough. "No, they don't get a pardon."

The ultimate "Ctrl+A" -> "Delete" for the justice system. It’s not a pardon party; it’s a systemic factory reset where the only thing being cleared is the evidence.

A fake president handing out fake pardons. Trump would have to be a president; he isn't. A constitutional rejectionist cannot be president. Where is the overabundance of lawyers we have been hearing about for generations?

According to a Supreme Court ruling, everyone accepting a pardon is admitting to guilt associated with the basis of the pardon. This fact can be used against the person in the future.

I’m hoping Orange Dingus dies on the eve of the 2028 Election before he’s issued the mass pardons. Couch Fucker Vance would probably issue many of the same pardons, but he’s more likely to leave some out.

This is preemptive because HE KNOWS the day after the midterms he’s facing his third and final impeachment. He knows. They all know.

Mass pardons for a massive amount of crimes. I hope Trump doesn't think this will keep his minions from ratting him out, because it won't.

To prevent this from happening, Congress must pass legislation or amend the Constitution saying that no president can pardon anyone who may have served as an accomplice in his/her crimes.

OTOH This will allow congress or a law abiding DOJ to document all the crimes, because they can't refuse to describe their pardoned acts.

You know they’re so corrupt and they keep pointing out of all these things we need to fix - my goodness no one could get all of it fixed in four years and probably not even an eight years

Something needs to be done about the way trump is using his presidential pardons. Most of them he is profiting from and using them to pardon criminals in his administration. Enough is enough! Changes need to be made if democrats regain power.

Jared Kushner's iPhone was hacked. Dutch military intelligence got access to his iPhone. He had two bank accounts. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati ruler Mohammed bin Zayed deposited up to $700 million dollars in transfers. And Hunter Biden sold a painting.

Accepting a pardon is not an admission of guilt. That is except in cases like the Trump administration, in which everyone being pardoned is a criminal.

When are Americans going to do away with presidential pardons? No one should be above the law, especially the President of the Untied States. If you want to help the wrongfully convicted write laws to bring in independent prosecutors for retrials instead. This is what true justice looks like.

Surely congress or Supreme Court (not in its current guise obviously) has the ability to overturn these pardons?

What about senior staffers and relatives?? Is it possible NO ONE will be held accountable for all the corruption?

…fascinating question…is a preemptive pardon constitutional? There is one firm timing rule. The crime must already have happened. A president cannot pardon someone for offenses they have not yet committed, because that would function as advance authorization to break the law rather than…->

…an act of clemency after the fact. That is the line between mercy and license. So…I guess they would have to admit to federal crimes they have already committed…then the pardon would be legitimate? This seems fucked up!

trunp like a crime boss he knows that prosecutors go after the small fish because they will flip on the bigger fish above them. We may see a new record number of pardons be given, they may not even have people's names, they will be written and given out by departments and agencies.

Yup, that's a get out of jail free card for what about to ask you to do. They know in a legitimate election they're going to lose BIG TIME. So he's preparing the troops so to speak to do whatever is necessary to hold the current power to be able to continuously steal your money.

Canadian here. This doesn't mean the discussion ends. Publish their names & the offenses for which they were pardoned. Share it odten and widely, even in obituaries. Those who seek redemption have some work to do.

If they cannot prove they are redeemed AND remorseful, do not hire them. Do not invite them to lunch. Do not let them date your children or grandchildren #ShameMatters. Let them wear it.

Criminality must be held accountable. Otherwise there will be a deluge of chaos. A few random investigations, a few slaps on the wrist--that is not accountability. 

A President cannot pardon himself but whomever he pardons & they accept the pardon no longer has 5th Amendment rights. I hope they spill their guts including where crimes occurred so we can hit people with state charges

I don't understand. I'm not American so perhaps I lack knowledge how it works. But how can you pardon someone before they've been accused of crime? Is there history of preemptive pardon's being given throughout American history? Or is it just more abuse of power as is typical of this administration?

The USA continues to reveal itself as one of the most bizarre, corrupt, repulsive countries in the supposedly civilised world. In fact it’s just uncivilised.

FEDERAL pardons. Many of the crimes committed by this administration are crimes in the several states, as well. Assault, kidnap, manslaughter, homicide, murder, rape, fraud, trespass, civil rights, CONSPIRACY, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, grand theft, etc. Justice doesn't end in DC. Plus: ICC

Mass pardons should be outlawed. If this is allowed to stand the US will be admitting to being one of the most corrupt countries ever to exist, the idea of it being a respectable country will be gone.

Every MAGA Republican in the country will receive a pardon. At some point pardons for grave offenses against the constitution cannot be upheld. Is insurrection a pardonable offense? If yes it shouldn't be

All these pardons must be ruled invalid based on the fact that the man making them is a convicted felon who has committed countless crimes in office. Just more reasons to impeach the Russian traitor. But the ICE thugs who committed murders and abductions can all still face state charges.

We need a change to the pardon process. The idea is the regime isn't corrupt not that you pardon everyone on the way out. But being a co-conspiritor with the president in committing a crime should be an automatic cancelation of a pardon.

The next Democrat President should reverse all these pardons and make sure no president in the future can give preemptive pardons anymore.

Any pardons given by this “administration” should be designated null and invalid under a treason clause that bypasses any SCOTUS ruling.

Yeah, I get the sentiment. They're all complicit & should be held accountable. Do you really want to open that Pandora's box though? There are other avenues - state level charges, international courts, etc that can be brought to bear without stepping on the presidential pardon.

My sweet summer child, the time for worrying about Pandora's Box is long past. We are far beyond tinkering around the edges of a tier 3 and falling democracy, the entire system needs rebuilding.

Honestly, new guardrails should have been put in place once he was allowed to campaign again and the SCOTUS slow walked his case and decision for immunity. Those were major RED flags. Traditional rules don’t apply that’s what got us in this mess and obviously they don’t work.

Open the bloody box! As a European I find the whole notion of pardons just incredible. It's akin to buying absolution from sins the the medieval catholic church

International courts have no jurisdiction. The feds will hide all the evidence from states, even those blue ones willing to challenge alleged immunity (and forget about red states either prosecuting, or even extraditing criminals to blue states.

Nullifying pardons is the only way. And it can be done on the grounds that every pardon by Trump was the product of self-interest: either financial for him or his cronies (a/k/a bribes), or reputational for him and his cronies (what insurrection!?).

I feel like IF we want to restore any semblance of trust with our allies around to world, we may need to agree to submit to international court rulings. But that may just be wishful thinking on my part.

At this point in time, yeah, I'd say it's absolutely necessary. If we try to sweep it under the rug and have a patchwork state attack, we'll end up with like tucker carlson in the wh in 2032

I think any pardon from Trump will be illegal as soon as he is convicted on criminal charges for all the same crimes as the staff have been pardoned - that’s how the constitution is I think

No, under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, the president's pardon power is plenary (complete) and unlimited for federal offenses, with only two explicit textual exceptions: impeachment cases and state-level crimes (treason is a federal crime, not an impeachment case).

Just remember when they do pardon somebody and then you’re called up to testify and under oath, you cannot plead the fifth. You have to tell the truth and if you don’t, you will go to jail.

No one should be above accountability. If officials have abused their power, bring the evidence into the open, put them under oath, and let the public see the truth. Why should anyone in government get a free pass?

Nürnberg 1946: "Sorry, your Honour - Adolf Hitler pardoned everybody involved in the War, the Concentration Camps, Deportation and Slave Labour! The only things we can still charge the #Nazis with are speeding during the *Blitzkrieg*, ⏩

Remember that the GOP extremist majority on the Supreme Court allowed things to come to this. They will need to be removed along with the revocation of all pardons issued by Trump - everything he does is part of a treasonous seditious conspiracy and agreements to commit crimes are void ab initio.

ITS A TELL!!! THAT HES KNOWS HE IS NEAR HIS END! He will only drop pardons before he steps down. its a textbook narcissistic tell. then JD will pardon him. Bookmark this prediction ! My odds are he will skip town in Nov after midterms. He wants to wait for the MT results first to drive it home.