Trump said he would consider pre-emptive pardons to protect Elon Musk and other close aides should Democrats take control of Congress
Donald Trump said he would be willing to protect Elon Musk and his staff if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterm elections this week.
In an interview for the “Pod Force One” podcast published Monday, Trump said he would move to “protect” the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO if Congressional investigators targeted him.
Trump also indicated that he was weighing pre-emptive pardons for his close aides and others around him should the Democrats pursue investigations, according to Axios. It is a notion that the president has floated before to keep his team from facing prosecution for actions during the first two years of his term.
Wait, this bozo can pardon someone without a conviction ? Like oj and his book… If I did it? The USA can’t actually be a real country.
Nixon and (at least some) Vietnam draft dodgers were pardoned without conviction.
Sure, and that’s true. I was more highlighting the problems with the pardon system overall.
He’s also talked about pardoning himself. The constitution doesn’t specifically forbid that, but it’s never been tried. If he tried, there would be a supreme court challenge, and they’re likey to side with him since that’s what they do most of the time now.
It was never anticipated that the voting public would ever tollerate let alone support this kind of corruption across all three branches of our government.