Trumpty Dumpty was stupid and crass, Trumpty Dumpty fell straight on his ass, so in his last days, when all he could think of was flee, he called out to his mob, “gimme my card get outta jail free.”
Donald Trump has been handing out Get Out Of Jail Free cards like they were in fact something off the monopoly board. He just loves the power. And so it’s not surprising that now that the curtain is ringing down on this tragi/farce soap opera of his, that he’s contemplating giving himself the gift of a pardon. New York Times:
In several conversations since Election Day, Mr. Trump has told advisers that he is considering giving himself a pardon and, in other instances, asked whether he should and what the effect would be on him legally and politically, according to the two people. It was not clear whether he had broached the topic since he incited his supporters on Wednesday to march on the Capitol, where some stormed the building in a mob attack.
Mr. Trump has shown signs that his level of interest in pardoning himself goes beyond idle musings. He has long maintained he has the power to pardon himself, and his polling of aides’ views is typically a sign that he is preparing to follow through on his aims. He has also become increasingly convinced that his perceived enemies will use the levers of law enforcement to target him after he leaves office.
And you know what’s really a drag? Trumpty is the bestest president ever and has done everything right but now people are talking about him inciting domestic terrorism and even that White House lawyer, Chippendale, whatever, says that’s not too cool. Man. Nobody will give a guy a break. I mean, did you check out the ratings?
As aides urged Mr. Trump to issue a strong condemnation on Wednesday and he rejected that advice, the White House counsel, Pat A. Cipollone, warned Mr. Trump that he could face legal exposure for the riot given that he had urged his supporters to march to the Capitol and “fight” beforehand, according to people briefed on the discussion. The president had appeared to White House aides to be enjoying watching the scenes play out on television.
But it was television. It was great television and these bozos better wait, because their ratings are going straight down the toilet, the one that I fixed by the way, fifteen times, all of them, they’re all failing and they’ll all be out of business without me. Nobody and nothing can survive unless I am the center of attention. The sun will probably resign and give her job to the moon, because we fell in love, the sun wrote me beautiful letters, and then what’re you gonna do?
Pardons can be broad or narrowly tailored. White-collar defense lawyers said that Mr. Trump would be best served by citing specific crimes if he pardoned himself, but such details could be politically damaging by suggesting that he was acknowledging he had committed those crimes.
A self-pardon would complicate the already fraught question for the Biden Justice Department about whether to investigate and ultimately prosecute Mr. Trump. Democrats and former Justice Department officials contend that if the president pardons himself and the Justice Department declines to prosecute Mr. Trump, it will send a troubling message to Americans about the rule of law and to future presidents about their ability to flout the law.
“The Biden Justice Department will not want to acquiesce in a Trump self-pardon, which implies that the president is literally above federal law,” said Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard law professor and former top Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration. […]
Only a court can invalidate a self-pardon, and it can only do so if the Biden administration brings a case against Trump,” Mr. Goldsmith said. “A Trump self-pardon would thus make it more likely the Biden team prosecutes Trump for crimes committed in office.”
Trump has abused and exploited every other privilege, expect this to be no different. As we have opined ad nausem, it ain’t over until it’s over. The Trump political snuff film is going to shock and offend until the last shuddering frame and then the projector will blow up.
Remove from office (25th) and impeach (cannot hold office again) then prosecute.
This is the longest ending ever.
this has more endings than the lord of the rings return of the king.
May he rot in prison, along with all those brain dead followers of his that destroyed the Capital. I pray Biden’s regime prosecutes them all to the fullest extent of the law.
Do it! There is a small army of DAs who would love to test the principle in court. And if it goes on appeal to SCOTUS, I’m sure the chief justices will consider that if they uphold the notion, it would mean that any future president could commit any number of crimes while in office with absolute impunity — and maybe that’s not such a good thing.
” this is the end. My only friend, the end.” Jim Morrison
I don’t know if Trump has an only friend at this point. I read that Ivanka convinced him to get on the airwaves and stop the violence — I believe that was his weak tea phony ass address from the Rose Garden. And I have no idea who or what prompted his teleprompter read where he said that he would work for an orderly transition. I’m still trying to get more information on that.
Are few Democrats are going to keep making shit up just because you hate him that I would self pardon myself fuck you
I didn’t throw you off the site because I wanted to ask you a question? What do you see in Trump? You don’t see that he’s a con man and playing you and wouldn’t piss on you if you were on fire? I really would like to know.
You’re wasting your time Ursula treyiong to reason with people like that. Don’t you know all those scenes on TV were ‘fake’ – all done with CGI and the Trompador didn’t incite anyone – in fact he was trying to prevent those sneaky anti-fascists from stealing his well-deserved triumphal procession
Just so you know, a pardon is only necessary if you are a criminal. Of course, I understand, him being a criminal doesn’t matter to you. Birds of a feather all cluck together.
I’d love it if his “self-pardon” turned out to be a written confession.
I love it that he thinks self-pardoning is going to magically solve all of his problems. While I don’t think this tactic will necessarily work (I only give it a 50/50–look at the S.C.) it does bupkis for the state problems he has and they are starting to pile up especially since he is playing mafia boss in places like Georgia. The look on his face when reality comes knocking will be satisfying and I expect it will be splashed all over everything so I won’t miss it. It will be a damn sight better than his usual smirks, grimaces and other goofy faces he’s been making since he glided down the tin escalator.