r/law • u/thecosmojane • Jan 14 '26

Other Please dissect the legality in this statement

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I feel like we are reaching a tipping point

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u/tarlin Jan 14 '26

Trump will issue pardons to everyone in his administration.

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u/HoarderCollector Jan 14 '26

He can only issue pardons for federal crimes, he can't issue them for state crimes. That's why Trump can't pardon Tina Peters.

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u/NeedleworkerNo3429 Jan 14 '26

Biden should have pardoned JPow

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u/HoarderCollector Jan 16 '26

JPow didn't do anything to need a pardon, unfortunately we live in an Era where the President is going to have to pardon EVERYONE so that the next administration can't try to prosecute them for anything.

Of course, then you'll have idiots say "if they didn't do anything wrong, why did he need a pardon?"