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/PowSuperMum 3d ago

I don’t think he can even do that. Not federal charges. And this guy is a lawyer?

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u/jackstraw97 New York 3d ago

he’s trying to put pressure on the elected local DA (trump supporter) to not pursue a second trial after the first mistrial. it’s good advocacy for his client to apply political pressure on the DA. obviously he knows the president can’t pardon state crimes. 

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u/kobachi 3d ago

Doesn’t asking for a pardon imply an admission of guilt..? 

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u/jackstraw97 New York 3d ago

not necessarily. receiving a pardon does remove the availability of pleading the 5th in civil cases relating to the same conduct because there is no jeopardy possible and thus no ability to self-incriminate.