Romney, who voted to convict Trump in both impeachments, said Biden should pardon his opponent so the country doesn’t have to go through the prosecution of an ex-president.
  • Billiam@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 months ago

    Remember: no Republicans are arguing Trump didn’t break the law.

    They’re arguing he shouldn’t be punished for it.

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    Romney again trying to ride both dicks at the same time.

    I, for one, am sick of this whole “Oh lets pardon the past president to protect the institution of presidency”

    Presidents should not be above the law. They are not gods, they are not kings, they are elected as representatives.

    especially when the one in question turned the white house into a goddamn criminal enterprise

  • r0ertel@lemmy.world
    0·
    6 months ago

    I appreciate all the comments here, but consider another perspective. If there were a federal crime committed (I’m not following the news very closely) and a president can pardon before a trial is performed, then a pardon from Biden would be a total power move. Given that trump would probably either weasel out of the conviction or it would be a slap on the wrist fine, this puts Biden in a position of power over trump. This would also crush trump’s ego if not publicly, it would eat at him in private.

    • twack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Trump has 91 felony allegations across 4 different state and federal cases against him right now. Many of which are directly related to him trying to overthrow our democracy.

      Burn him to the ground; I don’t care about his legacy as a president. He was a shitty one anyway and was never actually elected by popular vote.

      I would be appalled if he was pardoned, and I’m already rather annoyed at the current state of the prosecution taking this long.