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Trump promises "full pardons, apology" to Capitol rioters if elected.

exchemist

Veteran Member
I think autocratic Democrats should apologize.

Every one of them, for creating Trump-ism in the first place by relentlessly pushing the American people through their neverending pathological love of rule by mandate and compulsary policymaking.
Nice example of whataboutery.
 

Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
Oh yea.. ;0]

Only reliable for your interests. All others are obviously useless.

News flash. I will continue pick the sources I want to pick.

It's not my problem if you deny and reject anything and everything that dosent conform to your personal worldview.
Of course you will. But then, you mustn't be disappointed when some of us, who know the quality of those sources, judge your posts accordingly. :rolleyes:
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
I would agree that all presidents do it and that all pardon criminals.Even Obama:
1. James Robert Adelman
Adelman of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was convicted of conspiracy to embezzle by a trustee, embezzlement by a trustee, and making a false account in 1989. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $350,000 in restitution.

2. Octavio Joaquin Armenteros
Armenteros of Jacksonville, Florida, was convicted of intent to possess and distribute cocaine. He was sentenced to 46 months' imprisonment with three years' supervised release in 1995.
I am trying to find more information on these two. The first one appears to be more of a pardon to restore the rights that he had before conviction. He had served his full term in prison even before Obama was elected. I do believe, though I could be wrong, that legally a pardon can make it as if the crime never happened. That one may not be particularly controversial.
 

Subduction Zone

Veteran Member
Armenteros also had to have served his full sentence. He was convicted in 1995 and had only a short prison term. He was out before Bush even took office:

4. Octavio Joaquin Armenteros
Armenteros of Jacksonville, Florida, was convicted of intent to possess and distribute cocaine. He was sentenced to 46 months' imprisonment with three years' supervised release in 1995.

If those two kept clean after their prison terms I do not have a big problem with either of those pardons.
 

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
In a radio broadcast Thursday, former President Donald Trump promised to consider full pardons, with apologies, to those indicted or convicted in the January 6 Capitol riot.

Still think he's a "law and order" kinda guy?

Apparently.


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Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
I'll only encourage you to read your own links with a little bit of critical thinking. My history of reading your posts suggests, of course, that you will not. But if you would (or could), you might understand why I dismiss you so readily.
 

Suave

Simulated character
In a radio broadcast Thursday, former President Donald Trump promised to consider full pardons, with apologies, to those indicted or convicted in the January 6 Capitol riot.

Still think he's a "law and order" kinda guy?

"Please note if Trump were convicted of willfully and unlawfully removing government documents, he would be legally prohibited from holding any office under the United States, including the Presidency,

18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally

Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b)
Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States.. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Since there is indisputable photographic evidence of Trump's mishandling of top-secret documents strewn about the floor of his office at Mar-A-Lago, we should expect Trump to be legally convicted of mishandling government documents thereby lawfully prohibiting him from being the P,O.T,U.S.."

doj_maralago_docs.png


Should the F.B.I. raid Mar A Lago again? | Religious Forums
 

Wandering Monk

Well-Known Member
"Please note if Trump were convicted of willfully and unlawfully removing government documents, he would be legally prohibited from holding any office under the United States, including the Presidency,

18 U.S. Code § 2071 - Concealment, removal, or mutilation generally

Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
(b)
Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States.. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Since there is indisputable photographic evidence of Trump's mishandling of top-secret documents strewn about the floor of his office at Mar-A-Lago, we should expect Trump to be legally convicted of mishandling government documents thereby lawfully prohibiting him from being the P,O.T,U.S.."

doj_maralago_docs.png


Should the F.B.I. raid Mar A Lago again? | Religious Forums

I am no Trumpist, but you should recognize that this may not be the condition the documents were found in, but were set out on the floor by the FBI to document the things they found.
 

Evangelicalhumanist

"Truth" isn't a thing...
Premium Member
"Since there is indisputable photographic evidence of Trump's mishandling of top-secret documents strewn about the floor of his office at Mar-A-Lago, we should expect Trump to be legally convicted of mishandling government documents thereby lawfully prohibiting him from being the P,O.T,U.S.."

doj_maralago_docs.png


Should the F.B.I. raid Mar A Lago again? | Religious Forums
You need to be careful about that last statement: it seems pretty clear that the documents were strewn on the floor by the agents involved in the recovery, and that it was done as part of the collection and recording of evidence (see the little "2A" paper). That means that Trump is quite accurate when he suggests that the documents were not just found lying about like that.
 

fantome profane

Anti-Woke = Anti-Justice
Premium Member
I am no Trumpist, but you should recognize that this may not be the condition the documents were found in, but were set out on the floor by the FBI to document the things they found.
That is obviously true and no one is denying that. But regardless these documents were in his possession. That is the crime here. It doesn’t matter if he kept them on the floor, or in the basement, or in his desk, or in the freezer behind the ice cream.
 

Wandering Monk

Well-Known Member
That is obviously true and no one is denying that. But regardless these documents were in his possession. That is the crime here. It doesn’t matter if he kept them on the floor, or in the basement, or in his desk, or in the freezer behind the ice cream.

Agreed. Trump seized on the opportunity this photograph provided to say the the FBI DELIBERATELY scattered them around to make him look bad and the right wing talking heads joined in the chorus.
 
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