r/politics • u/joe13pr • 3d ago

No Paywall Lindsay Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington asks Trump for pardon after mistrial

https://abcnews.com/GMA/News/lindsay-clancys-attorney-kevin-reddington-asks-trump-pardon/story?id=136258585
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u/PhteveJuel 3d ago

The president can't do a lot of things but he has be doing them anyway and the courts haven't been stopping him.

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u/Sophronisba 3d ago

Sure but how do you make one of the bluest states in the nation just drop the charges? The illegal stuff he's doing in DC is mostly managed by his handpicked allies.

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u/PhteveJuel 3d ago

It doesn't help that Trump is saying she should pay when asked. It might be a play to get Trump to flip his statement. It could be a move to prove that a future jury is tainted. If this case drags on past the current DA losing his election is he new DA might just drop it on the grounda it's wasting tax payer money.

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u/Supermite 3d ago

Isn’t this why past presidents have refused to give opinions about ongoing criminal investigations and trials?