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These Convictions Thwart Trump’s Plan to Pardon Himself (theintercept.com)
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[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Assuming that the current Democrat holding the office (Kathy Hochul) is not replaced by a Republican (fat chance), I doubt any amount of coercion would result in a pardon. Coercing a public official is also a felony, and sitting Presidents can be tried for state crimes. Never happened before, but DJT has been busting that mold.