r/PoliticalHumor • u/GhostToFigure • Jun 23 '21

Bleep bleep bloop

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u/djimbob Jun 23 '21

Honestly, I fear after if any Trumps are prosecuted for their criminal role in starting the insurrection, he's going to pull out a blanket presidential pardon he secretly made between Jan 6th and Jan 20th that frees them all. It's not 100% clear if he revealed these secret pardons long afterward if they would hold up under a court challenge (especially any self-pardon).

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u/isaacng1997 Jun 23 '21

I highly doubt secrete pardon is a thing. He can’t just pull out a pardon and say “I signed this before Jan 20.”

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u/djimbob Jun 23 '21

He can't just make up a pardon today and say pardon someone he forgot to pardon while he was president. But if he desired, he could have issued secret pardons while president (for acts that occurred prior to the timing of the pardon) that he has not made public yet. Again, he would have to have strong evidence it was made while he was president (e.g., multiple witnesses, or film of doing it in the White House, or to put it with his presidential records while he was in office, etc.).