• ILikeBoobies
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    16 hours ago

    And then it doesn’t matter because he has immunity, he’s given campaign leave until after the election , or if he doesn’t run the other Republican gives him a pardon

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      16 hours ago

      A blanket pardon wouldn’t be enough to protect him, because that’s federal only and there are still state crimes he wouldn’t be pardoned of. That also wouldn’t happen for 4 years, so again it’s an issue that he wasn’t prosecuted and sentenced in that time. The hypothetical pardon wouldn’t come until after all that happened.

      A presidential candidate, 4 years away from an election, does not have immunity. The president doesn’t have full immunity either, though the Supreme Court recently gave that “immunity for official acts” without describing what makes acts official or not.

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        16 hours ago

        So given a hold on all the punishments, if any, until he’s re-elected/pardoned

        The issue is still the president being above the law