Excellent article in The Atlantic on the current regime. Collars of color go to jail as “Americans aren't practicing democracy anymore” The underlying principle here, from Stone to Iran-Contra, is authoritarian but consistent: Members of the ruling clique are entitled to criticize law enforcement without sanction, and entitled to leniency when they commit crimes on the boss’s…
Tag: pardons
Trump won't pardon Erdoğan, even if he pardons Turkey
Tuesday at the WH is turkey pardon day. It's between "Bread" & "Butter," two rotund gobblers, spending their last night at a luxury DC hotel (not Trump's). Then, @POTUS heads to Florida for a "homecoming rally" marking his changing his official state of residence from NY to FL. pic.twitter.com/mfZHkgrjgB — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) November 25,…
Define Collusion and Make It a Crime, Limit Pardons, and Examine Foreign Financial Entanglements
Congress needs to act to clarify and define that acting in concert with a foreign nation or foreign group to subvert or influence US elections is a felony with a substantial penalty. Hearings for such a bill will more fully expose what Trump and his Trumpets were up to in the 2016 campaign. 2. Congress…
We've already had a President issue pardons in a possible effort to avoid his own criminal exposure
As press and cable media scramble to cover President Trump’s antics surrounding presidential pardons — including the possibility that he could use the pardon to interfere with the Special Counsel’s investigation of Trump himself — we would do well to acknowledge that this scenario has played out previously. In 1992, after he had lost his re-election bid to Bill…
