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Post by Ad Orientem » Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:08 pm

doodle wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:00 am
Simonjester wrote: And thank you to doodle for proving of the point....
I won't argue that the left doesn't have some bad ideas...but loony conspiracies....please enlighten me.

The only one I can name are the 9/11 truthers. A poll conducted around the time of the 2008 election showed a little over 1/4 of registered Democrats suspected that 9/11 was an inside job and that George Bush was involved.
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Ad Orientem wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:08 pm
doodle wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:00 am
Simonjester wrote: And thank you to doodle for proving of the point....
I won't argue that the left doesn't have some bad ideas...but loony conspiracies....please enlighten me.

The only one I can name are the 9/11 truthers. A poll conducted around the time of the 2008 election showed a little over 1/4 of registered Democrats suspected that 9/11 was an inside job and that George Bush was involved.
Maybe some of that is unrelated to political parties.
We Americans love us a good conspiracy theory, always have.
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Re: Trump self pardon

Post by Ad Orientem » Sat Nov 21, 2020 1:02 pm

glennds wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:53 pm
Ad Orientem wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 12:08 pm
doodle wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 9:00 am
Simonjester wrote: And thank you to doodle for proving of the point....
I won't argue that the left doesn't have some bad ideas...but loony conspiracies....please enlighten me.

The only one I can name are the 9/11 truthers. A poll conducted around the time of the 2008 election showed a little over 1/4 of registered Democrats suspected that 9/11 was an inside job and that George Bush was involved.
Maybe some of that is unrelated to political parties.
We Americans love us a good conspiracy theory, always have.
Grassy knolls, faked moon landings, Area 51, Bigfoot, Walt Disney and the secret societies he belonged to,

Sorry, 9/11 trutherism has always been the bat shit crazy child of the political left. Some of the kooky theories you listed cross ideological lines. But not this one. Birtherism was the political opposite, being the nutty child of the right.
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Re: Trump self pardon

Post by Ad Orientem » Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:39 pm

Simonjester wrote: i thought the earliest proposition of birther-ism was a campaign ploy by Hilary against Barack in the primary's, one that was picked up by the right during the general election?

It started on the political right, though it did briefly gain a few subscribers among more hardcore Clinton supporters during the '08 primaries. But while it gained huge traction on the right, it never really caught on with anyone else.

See...
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Re: Trump self pardon

Post by Lonestar » Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:41 pm

doodle wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 11:04 am
Lonestar wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:58 am
I'd probably become a "Wackadoodle" if I had some bimbo running her mouth like that in my ear! Just watching the video reminded me of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. How would you react to being in an airport and having someone, uninvited, following you around?
Considering that he is an elected official specifically called to Washington to meet with the president about overthrowing the peoples vote by conducting a legislative branch coup, I'd have the spine to answer some questions instead of just singing bible hymns. What is that about? You hate spineless politicians? Then why do you keep defending them. She didn't ask any questions that were outside the pale. The only bimbo I see is him
I believe you read something into my post that was not there. I did not intend to mention the politician or judge his actions. My intent was to point out that most folks, walking through an airport and minding their own business, have the right to enjoy privacy.

Who wants a continuum of questions by an uninvited guest at an inappropriate time?

Now, on a completely different subject, I'm not sure any elected official has the obligation to answer questions at any random time. Press conferences or interviews are for that. Also, is an elected official obligated to state who they are scheduled to meet with and what the subject will be? Your assumption that this individual's mission is to "meet with the president about overthrowing the peoples vote" is just that, an assumption.
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Re: Trump self pardon

Post by doodle » Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:46 am

Lonestar wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:41 pm
doodle wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 11:04 am
Lonestar wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:58 am
I'd probably become a "Wackadoodle" if I had some bimbo running her mouth like that in my ear! Just watching the video reminded me of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. How would you react to being in an airport and having someone, uninvited, following you around?
Considering that he is an elected official specifically called to Washington to meet with the president about overthrowing the peoples vote by conducting a legislative branch coup, I'd have the spine to answer some questions instead of just singing bible hymns. What is that about? You hate spineless politicians? Then why do you keep defending them. She didn't ask any questions that were outside the pale. The only bimbo I see is him
I believe you read something into my post that was not there. I did not intend to mention the politician or judge his actions. My intent was to point out that most folks, walking through an airport and minding their own business, have the right to enjoy privacy.

Who wants a continuum of questions by an uninvited guest at an inappropriate time?

Now, on a completely different subject, I'm not sure any elected official has the obligation to answer questions at any random time. Press conferences or interviews are for that. Also, is an elected official obligated to state who they are scheduled to meet with and what the subject will be? Your assumption that this individual's mission is to "meet with the president about overthrowing the peoples vote" is just that, an assumption.
My guess is that that the US taxpayer or at least the Michigan taxpayer was paying for his journey to the Whitehouse where they were going to discuss overturning the will of michigan voters. As far as I'm concerned he's on the clock and considering he is involved in a plot to undermine democracy I think answering a few questions isn't too much to ask of an elected official.
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Re: Trump self pardon

Post by ahhrunforthehills » Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:49 am

doodle wrote:
Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:46 am
Lonestar wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:41 pm
doodle wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 11:04 am
Lonestar wrote:
Sat Nov 21, 2020 10:58 am
I'd probably become a "Wackadoodle" if I had some bimbo running her mouth like that in my ear! Just watching the video reminded me of fingernails scratching on a chalkboard. How would you react to being in an airport and having someone, uninvited, following you around?
Considering that he is an elected official specifically called to Washington to meet with the president about overthrowing the peoples vote by conducting a legislative branch coup, I'd have the spine to answer some questions instead of just singing bible hymns. What is that about? You hate spineless politicians? Then why do you keep defending them. She didn't ask any questions that were outside the pale. The only bimbo I see is him
I believe you read something into my post that was not there. I did not intend to mention the politician or judge his actions. My intent was to point out that most folks, walking through an airport and minding their own business, have the right to enjoy privacy.

Who wants a continuum of questions by an uninvited guest at an inappropriate time?

Now, on a completely different subject, I'm not sure any elected official has the obligation to answer questions at any random time. Press conferences or interviews are for that. Also, is an elected official obligated to state who they are scheduled to meet with and what the subject will be? Your assumption that this individual's mission is to "meet with the president about overthrowing the peoples vote" is just that, an assumption.
My guess is that that the US taxpayer or at least the Michigan taxpayer was paying for his journey to the Whitehouse where they were going to discuss overturning the will of michigan voters. As far as I'm concerned he's on the clock and considering he is involved in a plot to undermine democracy I think answering a few questions isn't too much to ask of an elected official.

Ah Michigan... where 4 districts were apparently able to process 4 times more votes than their machines were physically capable of. Nothing to see there.

https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov ... .7.1_2.pdf
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Re: Trump self pardon

Post by doodle » Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:25 am

Do you dig into any of the stuff you post? Mr. Ramslands affidavit is so professionally researched that the districts included in his case mix up Michigan with Minessota. (Screen shots of listed districts not included)

This is why these cases keep getting tossed out left and right.



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The Ramsland affidavit is part of the Trump team’s case relating to Dominion. In paragraph 9, the affidavit states:

Based on the significant anomalies and red flags that we have observed, we believe there is a significant probability that election results have been manipulated within the Dominion/Premier system in Michigan.

What are those anomalies and red flags? Paragraph 11 explains:

Another statistical red flag is evident is evident in the number of votes cast compared to the number of voters in some precincts. A preliminary analysis using data obtained from the Michigan Secretary of State pinpoints a statistical anomaly so far outside of every statistical norm as to be virtually impossible. … There were at least 19 precincts where the Presidential Votes Cast compared to the Estimated Voters based on Reported Statistics exceeded 100%.

This is a screen shot of the list of 19 precincts:


Paragraph 17, continuing in the same vein, says:

Wayne County uses Dominion equipment, 46 out of 47 precincts/townships display a highly unlikely 96%+ as the number of votes cast, using the Secretary of State’s number of voters in the precinct/township; and 25% of those 47 precincts/townships show 100% turnout.

This list of 25 precincts or townships (a number that does not obviously fit with the preceding language) follows:


Here’s the problem: the townships and precincts listed in paragraphs 11 and 17 of the affidavit are not in Michigan. They are in Minnesota. Monticello, Albertville, Lake Lillian, Houston, Brownsville, Runeberg, Wolf Lake, Height of Land, Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Kandiyohi–these are all towns in Minnesota. I haven’t checked them all, but I checked a lot of them, and all locations listed in paragraphs 11 and 17 that I looked up are in Minnesota, with no corresponding township in Michigan. This would have been obvious to someone from this state, but Mr. Ramsland is a Texan and the lawyers are probably not natives of either Minnesota or Michigan.

Evidently a researcher, either Mr. Ramsland or someone working for him, was working with a database and confused “MI” for Minnesota with “MI” for Michigan. (The postal code for Minnesota is MN, while Michigan is MI, so one can see how this might happen.) So the affidavit, which addresses “anomalies and red flags” in Michigan, is based largely, and mistakenly, on data from Minnesota
.

This is a catastrophic error, the kind of thing that causes a legal position to crash and burn. Trump’s lawyers are fighting an uphill battle, to put it mildly, and confusing Michigan with Minnesota will at best make the hill steeper. Credibility once lost is hard to regain. Possibly Trump’s lawyers have already discovered this appalling error, and have undertaken to correct it. But the Ramsland Affidavit was filed in Georgia just yesterday.

A postscript: has Mr. Ramsland inadvertently stumbled across evidence of voter fraud in Minnesota? I seriously doubt it. The venues in question are all in red Greater Minnesota, not in the blue urban areas where voter fraud is common.

Trump’s lawyers have not yet had their day in court, but they will have to do a great deal better than this if they hope to succeed.
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Post by ahhrunforthehills » Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:40 am

doodle wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:25 am
Do you dig into any of the stuff you post? Mr. Ramslands affidavit is so professionally researched that the districts included in his case mix up Michigan with Minessota. (Screen shots of listed districts not included)

This is why these cases keep getting tossed out left and right.



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The Ramsland affidavit is part of the Trump team’s case relating to Dominion. In paragraph 9, the affidavit states:

Based on the significant anomalies and red flags that we have observed, we believe there is a significant probability that election results have been manipulated within the Dominion/Premier system in Michigan.

What are those anomalies and red flags? Paragraph 11 explains:

Another statistical red flag is evident is evident in the number of votes cast compared to the number of voters in some precincts. A preliminary analysis using data obtained from the Michigan Secretary of State pinpoints a statistical anomaly so far outside of every statistical norm as to be virtually impossible. … There were at least 19 precincts where the Presidential Votes Cast compared to the Estimated Voters based on Reported Statistics exceeded 100%.

This is a screen shot of the list of 19 precincts:


Paragraph 17, continuing in the same vein, says:

Wayne County uses Dominion equipment, 46 out of 47 precincts/townships display a highly unlikely 96%+ as the number of votes cast, using the Secretary of State’s number of voters in the precinct/township; and 25% of those 47 precincts/townships show 100% turnout.

This list of 25 precincts or townships (a number that does not obviously fit with the preceding language) follows:


Here’s the problem: the townships and precincts listed in paragraphs 11 and 17 of the affidavit are not in Michigan. They are in Minnesota. Monticello, Albertville, Lake Lillian, Houston, Brownsville, Runeberg, Wolf Lake, Height of Land, Detroit Lakes, Frazee, Kandiyohi–these are all towns in Minnesota. I haven’t checked them all, but I checked a lot of them, and all locations listed in paragraphs 11 and 17 that I looked up are in Minnesota, with no corresponding township in Michigan. This would have been obvious to someone from this state, but Mr. Ramsland is a Texan and the lawyers are probably not natives of either Minnesota or Michigan.

Evidently a researcher, either Mr. Ramsland or someone working for him, was working with a database and confused “MI” for Minnesota with “MI” for Michigan. (The postal code for Minnesota is MN, while Michigan is MI, so one can see how this might happen.) So the affidavit, which addresses “anomalies and red flags” in Michigan, is based largely, and mistakenly, on data from Minnesota
.

This is a catastrophic error, the kind of thing that causes a legal position to crash and burn. Trump’s lawyers are fighting an uphill battle, to put it mildly, and confusing Michigan with Minnesota will at best make the hill steeper. Credibility once lost is hard to regain. Possibly Trump’s lawyers have already discovered this appalling error, and have undertaken to correct it. But the Ramsland Affidavit was filed in Georgia just yesterday.

A postscript: has Mr. Ramsland inadvertently stumbled across evidence of voter fraud in Minnesota? I seriously doubt it. The venues in question are all in red Greater Minnesota, not in the blue urban areas where voter fraud is common.

Trump’s lawyers have not yet had their day in court, but they will have to do a great deal better than this if they hope to succeed.
Lol. Do you dig into any of the stuff you post?!?!

I didn't direct you to #11 on page 2-3. I directed you to #13 on pages 4-5. Kent, Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne are all counties in Michigan.

The quote you provided was laughable. "This is a catastrophic error, the kind of thing that causes a legal position to crash and burn". lol. Talk about flare for the dramatic.

The affidavit has multiple accusations. You only need ONE accusation to meet the low threshold of plausibility in a courtroom to advance the case towards the discovery phase. That is how the court system in our country really works.... that is why lawsuits ALWAYS throw the spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks.

If you are able to defeat 99% of 100 claims I make against you... I still won.
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Post by doodle » Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:50 am

When the affidavit can't even keep Minnesota and Michigan straight what gives you any confidence that anything else in there is correct? You can keep throwing the spaghetti...but at some point the reasonable voices like Christie come out and start calling the whole thing a national embarrassment. At that point you can go back into your bunker and prepare for the coming illegitimate Biden apocalypse or accept the reality (as Trump seems to be coming around to) that your man lost and get on with life. Either way, in 60 days based on all the evidence we will have a new President. My guess is that these lawsuits will peter out by the end of the month.
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Post by ahhrunforthehills » Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:34 am

doodle wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:50 am
When the affidavit can't even keep Minnesota and Michigan straight what gives you any confidence that anything else in there is correct? You can keep throwing the spaghetti...but at some point the reasonable voices like Christie come out and start calling the whole thing a national embarrassment. At that point you can go back into your bunker and prepare for the coming illegitimate Biden apocalypse or accept the reality (as Trump seems to be coming around to) that your man lost and get on with life. Either way, in 60 days based on all the evidence we will have a new President. My guess is that these lawsuits will peter out by the end of the month.
Why does MY CONFIDENCE matter?

You seem to be talking about how YOU think the US Court System should work... I am talking about how the system ACTUALLY works.

Lawsuits are not a popularity contest in the beginning. "Overall opinions" matter zero for the initial pleadings. I am straight-up telling you how the courts handle lawsuits. Again, the bar of evidence is absurdly low to bring a suit and have it proceed to discovery.

You assume that Trump is "my guy". But again, you are simply allowing your emotions to drive your own narrative. Perhaps Hillary should have won in 2016... perhaps Bernie should have been the nominee instead of her. Your emotions are blinding you from the bigger picture.

Maybe the evidence will bear fruit or maybe it won't. Investigating our election system is the most pro-democracy thing that can be done. I find it sad that people that claim to be "pro-democracy" claim otherwise. If they uncover nothing... that is a great thing (since we can have confidence in it). If they uncover something... that is a great thing (since it can be fixed).
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Post by doodle » Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:47 am

ahhrunforthehills wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:34 am
doodle wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:50 am
When the affidavit can't even keep Minnesota and Michigan straight what gives you any confidence that anything else in there is correct? You can keep throwing the spaghetti...but at some point the reasonable voices like Christie come out and start calling the whole thing a national embarrassment. At that point you can go back into your bunker and prepare for the coming illegitimate Biden apocalypse or accept the reality (as Trump seems to be coming around to) that your man lost and get on with life. Either way, in 60 days based on all the evidence we will have a new President. My guess is that these lawsuits will peter out by the end of the month.
Why does MY CONFIDENCE matter?

You seem to be talking about how YOU think the US Court System should work... I am talking about how the system ACTUALLY works.

Lawsuits are not a popularity contest in the beginning. "Overall opinions" matter zero for the initial pleadings. I am straight-up telling you how the courts handle lawsuits. Again, the bar of evidence is absurdly low to bring a suit and have it proceed to discovery.

You assume that Trump is "my guy". But again, you are simply allowing your emotions to drive your own narrative. Perhaps Hillary should have won in 2016... perhaps Bernie should have been the nominee instead of her. Your emotions are blinding you from the bigger picture.

Maybe the evidence will bear fruit or maybe it won't. Investigating our election system is the most pro-democracy thing that can be done. I find it sad that people that claim to be "pro-democracy" claim otherwise. If they uncover nothing... that is a great thing (since we can have confidence in it). If they uncover something... that is a great thing (since it can be fixed).
Now that Biden transition has been allowed to go forward I have less opposition to all of this.

In the end if they find nothing of substance and say so, then I will be ok with that. Sure, let them dig. But the fact that all of their lawsuits to date have been thrown out reeks like a desperate grasping attempt to throw doubt on a process. My hunch is they will soil our democracy to protect Donald's fragile ego. The damage from that will be lasting.
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Post by Mark Leavy » Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:12 pm

doodle wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:47 am
Now that Biden transition has been allowed to go forward I have less opposition to all of this.

In the end if they find nothing of substance and say so, then I will be ok with that. Sure, let them dig. But the fact that all of their lawsuits to date have been thrown out reeks like a desperate grasping attempt to throw doubt on a process. My hunch is they will soil our democracy to protect Donald's fragile ego. The damage from that will be lasting.
You forgot to add your follow up sentence. And if they find solid evidence, then I will support the current administration's second term.
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Mark Leavy wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:12 pm
doodle wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:47 am
Now that Biden transition has been allowed to go forward I have less opposition to all of this.

In the end if they find nothing of substance and say so, then I will be ok with that. Sure, let them dig. But the fact that all of their lawsuits to date have been thrown out reeks like a desperate grasping attempt to throw doubt on a process. My hunch is they will soil our democracy to protect Donald's fragile ego. The damage from that will be lasting.
You forgot to add your follow up sentence. And if they find solid evidence, then I will support the current administration's second term.
Absolutely. I will recognize...support probably wrong terminology. When will you recognize?
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Post by Mark Leavy » Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:24 pm

doodle wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:17 pm
Mark Leavy wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:12 pm
doodle wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:47 am
Now that Biden transition has been allowed to go forward I have less opposition to all of this.

In the end if they find nothing of substance and say so, then I will be ok with that. Sure, let them dig. But the fact that all of their lawsuits to date have been thrown out reeks like a desperate grasping attempt to throw doubt on a process. My hunch is they will soil our democracy to protect Donald's fragile ego. The damage from that will be lasting.
You forgot to add your follow up sentence. And if they find solid evidence, then I will support the current administration's second term.
Absolutely. I will recognize...support probably wrong terminology. When will you recognize?
I don't vote. Never do. I don't have a dog in this fight. I disagree with 50% of whatever policies are active at any time and I have a higher ROI in working around the policies I don't like (via lifestyle choices) than any return I would get at worrying about who is in office.
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Post by doodle » Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:38 pm

Mark Leavy wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:24 pm
doodle wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:17 pm
Mark Leavy wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:12 pm
doodle wrote:
Tue Nov 24, 2020 11:47 am
Now that Biden transition has been allowed to go forward I have less opposition to all of this.

In the end if they find nothing of substance and say so, then I will be ok with that. Sure, let them dig. But the fact that all of their lawsuits to date have been thrown out reeks like a desperate grasping attempt to throw doubt on a process. My hunch is they will soil our democracy to protect Donald's fragile ego. The damage from that will be lasting.
You forgot to add your follow up sentence. And if they find solid evidence, then I will support the current administration's second term.
Absolutely. I will recognize...support probably wrong terminology. When will you recognize?
I don't vote. Never do. I don't have a dog in this fight. I disagree with 50% of whatever policies are active at any time and I have a higher ROI in working around the policies I don't like (via lifestyle choices) than any return I would get at worrying about who is in office.
I felt that way up until Trump. This is first election I voted in. Just voted for president and state senator that's it.
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TRUMP PARDONS FLYNN

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says ... _lead_pos2


And so it begins.
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Post by doodle » Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:13 pm

Yep, and Trump is most likely facing a barrage of lawsuits unless he figures out how to pardon himself.

https://www.businessinsider.com/muelle ... eddit.com
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Post by I Shrugged » Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:32 pm

I hope he pardons Julian Assange.
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Post by I Shrugged » Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:39 pm

doodle wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:13 pm
Yep, and Trump is most likely facing a barrage of lawsuits unless he figures out how to pardon himself.

https://www.businessinsider.com/muelle ... eddit.com
Yeah, so that's coming from one of the group who are probably facing their own possible charges for using a phony dossier, which they knew was funded by Hillary and didn't hold water, to get investigations, and then lying to the FISA court, multiple times. I'd like to see them charge Trump. I'm thinking he'll say bring it on. He'll finally get the venue to get Comey, Brennan, Obama, Hillary, and the rest of them under oath. I'd LOVE to see it all get aired out in court. If Trump did something, let's get it out. It's pretty clear the other side did a bunch of illegal stuff.

In other words, that stance is pure BS. Sort of high stakes poker. They are trying to intimidate Trump in order to discourage their own prosecutions.

Meanwhile, look for Uncle Joe to do the Gerald Ford thing and say that we need to move on. Because if there is a scorched earth policy, he probably knows he's vulnerable too.
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Ad Orientem wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:05 pm
TRUMP PARDONS FLYNN

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says ... _lead_pos2


And so it begins.
The Trump potential future pardons were discussed earlier today on one of the segments of C-Span's Washington Journal. The person speaking stated that Trump liked the pardoning power since he did not have to answer to anyone and there was no legal recourse for anything he chose to do.

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Post by doodle » Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:57 pm

I Shrugged wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:39 pm
doodle wrote:
Wed Nov 25, 2020 5:13 pm
Yep, and Trump is most likely facing a barrage of lawsuits unless he figures out how to pardon himself.

https://www.businessinsider.com/muelle ... eddit.com
Yeah, so that's coming from one of the group who are probably facing their own possible charges for using a phony dossier, which they knew was funded by Hillary and didn't hold water, to get investigations, and then lying to the FISA court, multiple times. I'd like to see them charge Trump. I'm thinking he'll say bring it on. He'll finally get the venue to get Comey, Brennan, Obama, Hillary, and the rest of them under oath. I'd LOVE to see it all get aired out in court. If Trump did something, let's get it out. It's pretty clear the other side did a bunch of illegal stuff.

In other words, that stance is pure BS. Sort of high stakes poker. They are trying to intimidate Trump in order to discourage their own prosecutions.

Meanwhile, look for Uncle Joe to do the Gerald Ford thing and say that we need to move on. Because if there is a scorched earth policy, he probably knows he's vulnerable too.
I'd be down for a battle royale! I think the role of the Steele dossier is exaggerated. Mueller debunked the majority of it. It didn't really play a role in investigation
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Re: Trump self pardon

Post by Ad Orientem » Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:39 pm

President Trump has discussed with advisers whether to grant pre-emptive pardons to his children, to his son-in-law and to his personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, and talked with Mr. Giuliani about pardoning him as recently as last week, according to two people briefed on the matter.

Mr. Trump has told others that he is concerned that a Biden Justice Department might seek retribution against the president by targeting the oldest three of his five children — Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump — as well as Ms. Trump’s husband, Jared Kushner, a White House senior adviser.

Donald Trump Jr. had been under investigation by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, for contacts that the younger Mr. Trump had had with Russians offering damaging information on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, but he was never charged. Mr. Kushner provided false information to federal authorities about his contacts with foreigners for his security clearance, but was given one anyway by the president.

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Re: Trump self pardon

Post by Cortopassi » Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:47 pm

Awesome. The courts are all in on it too.
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Re: Trump self pardon

Post by Cortopassi » Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:28 am

For anyone who knows, what would a pardon, say, for family members entail, before any crime has been charged?

--Is something like this able to be worded along the lines of for now and in perpetuity I hereby grant a pardon to xxxx?
--Or does it have to be for something in the works, or a certain date range ending Jan 20,2021?
--Or something else?

I am just wondering if say Jared commits a federal crime 10 years from now, can something like that possibly be covered?
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