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Old 11-01-2021, 05:35 PM   #19
Pete F.
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Originally Posted by detbuch View Post
The President has always been able to pardon anyone for any reason related to a federal crime, even for treason. Trump has not made any change to that.

And increments to presidential power beyond that which is given in the Constitution has always been a goal of Progressives. Even though it can bite them in their political ass sometimes, it still facilitates the progress toward replacing the Constitution with their preferred centralized government by an administrative state.
As I said

Here’s how he as much as amended it thru his actions and the failure of the spineless members of his party to do anything other than express fealty.
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