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> If Trump wins he apparently can pardon everyone with a federal Jan6 conviction at will, with no review and as a second term president, no voters to answer to.

Add on top of that the insider allegations of Trump selling pardons for 2 million $ apiece [1], and the list of ... sometimes really questionable pardons that were issued [2], and it becomes a real issue of national security.

[1] https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/giuliani-accu...

[2] https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/trump-pardons-co...



Unethical pardons on the last day in office is a Presidential tradition: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Rich




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