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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Just because he's a fat, hypocritical, dementia and cocaine addled doesn't mean that he isn't going to make this true with his brown shirt justice department.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 4 hours ago

Until Little t orders DoJ to charge someone for something that Biden pre-emptively pardoned them for, this is an unanswered question.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 29 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Is Trump right ~~that Biden's pardon are void~~? No.

[–] NimdaQA@lemmy.world 27 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Trump also uses autopen at times. Trump is just throwing shit at the wall and see what sticks.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Not only that, but he's specifically testing things that they might use on him if by some miracle Trump is held to account. If his protest of Biden's pardons do not stick, and we somehow emerge out of this authoritarian hell, his sycophants will say "Hey, you didn't invalidate Biden's pardons even though we proved they were illegal, don't go near Trump's pardons!"

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

This is one of those few hard lines he could cross that would actually get me in the street. This, running for a 3rd term., probably something else too.

Trump seriously needs someone to explain to him that the whole point of pardons is that they cannot be un-pardoned.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 hours ago

(We individually need to decide at what point has Trump gone too far)[https://youtu.be/0YFdwfNh5vs]

At what point will we say "Enough is enough. We are no longer a democracy. We have nothing else to lose except our lives."

I fear civil war is upon us and we will see the first shots fired within the next four years.

[–] megabits@lemm.ee 0 points 7 hours ago

He said it's for the court to determine.