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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHypothetical....If Trump submits his resignation, will President Pence give him a full Pardon?
If so, then does the truth seeking end? What say you folks!
Trumps speech at the Coast Guard yesterday had a feeling of uneasiness and surrender.
avebury
(10,952 posts)He knew about Flynn since he headed up the Transition Team.
metalbot
(1,058 posts)Trump pardons Flynn, Manafort, Stone. Trump resigns. Pence pardons Trump. Pence resigns. President Ryan pardons Pence.
GBizzle
(209 posts)President Hatch sounded insane a week ago. It sounds a lot less insane right now.
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)overseas. He's a serial liar. But he's won't push The Button unless God tells him to.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Jesus made me do it!
JustAnotherGen
(31,909 posts)NY State.
FarPoint
(12,447 posts)I see a President Pence by Christmas...then a " let's give him a chance" cry will emerge to bolster the GOP for November 2018.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)but idrk.
Foamfollower
(1,097 posts)FarPoint
(12,447 posts)Thus, the exploration of this happening with Trump.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)FarPoint
(12,447 posts)Let's see if we can validate the scenario. I don't know the rules.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)all would be charged with treason....
FarPoint
(12,447 posts)I'm feeling the GOP had already plotted this strategy out...
CK_John
(10,005 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)The White House has responded to a petition asking President Obama to pardon Steven Avery -- the subject of the Netflix show "Making a Murderer" -- along with Brendan Dassey, who were both convicted of murdering photographer Teresa Halbach in 2005.
More than 125,000 have signed the petition, exceeding the 100,000 needed to trigger a response.
However, because Avery and Dassey were convicted in state criminal court, the president does not have the power to pardon them, the White House said.
"A pardon in this case would need to be issued at the state level by the appropriate authorities," a representative for the White House wrote online. "While this case is out of the Administration's purview, President Obama is committed to restoring the sense of fairness at the heart of our justice system."
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/white-house-responds-petition-steven-avery-making-murderer/story?id=36153350
FarPoint
(12,447 posts)Excellent...thank you.
KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)probably end with the issuance of a full pardon.
The Blue Flower
(5,446 posts)He also knew about the Russian connection during the campaign.
FarPoint
(12,447 posts)I think we will have a long list extending into the GOP Congress...but...some will slip through...
oberliner
(58,724 posts)No chance.
FarPoint
(12,447 posts)When his bullshit jargon manipulation falls on deaf ears...he will just stay in his head but that space is very limited.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)And Fox News morning and evening telling him what he wants to hear.
FarPoint
(12,447 posts)Too much for me and you of course.. but he's not prepared for what is to come...his ongoing " I'm a victim" will soon be accepted as just what it is.. shameless empty whining...more leaks will come out to discredit his whining.... frustrated public base will follow.
mitch96
(13,926 posts)If the "gang of three" (tRumpPenceRyan) are ousted??
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Shrek
(3,984 posts)In 2020.
Until then the Presidential Succession Act is the controlling law.
A) This won't happen.
B) Succession law covers this.
I wish people would do a reality check.
hamsterjill
(15,224 posts)THAT would be MY fear if I were Trump.
Greybnk48
(10,176 posts)Joy Reid proved he lied about his involvement in the Flynn scandal and he's complicit in all of it. Pence and maybe scores more Repukes, will go down by the time this is laid bare.
JTFrog
(14,274 posts)I hate how deep this fucking rabbit hole is.
unblock
(52,332 posts)absolutely, he will grant a full pardon.
no doubt about it.
Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)Ford pardoned Nixon, and lost the next election.
Pence is worse than Trump in many ways. At least Trump isn't an ideologue. Pence actually believes the bullshit he spews.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)Deals would be made, however, before such a thing happened. Things like silence about Pence, to start with.