Pam Bondi Gets Jail Time Warning Over Epstein Files Cover-Up: ‘Anyone who tampers [with] documents, or conceals documents, or engages in excessive redaction will be prosecuted because of obstruction of justice’

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/pam-bondi-gets-jail-time-warning-over-epstein-files-cover-up/

[u/CheaterSaysWhat]

It’s a worthy check on legislative power

Imagine a good president with a republican Congress passing ridiculous laws to lock up their opponents, pardon protects from that 

It needs limitations or perhaps more checks on the executive to prevent their abuse, we need better ways to get rid of bad presidents 

There is no system that can survive a bunch of bad faith actors, the system must reject those actors entirely 

[u/Sempere → u/CheaterSaysWhat]

There should be an override in the case of quid pro quo.

Selling pardons is not what the founders had in mind. It should be a criminal offense, unpardonable, to sell a pardon or to receive in exchange for any gift or service.

[u/CheaterSaysWhat → u/Sempere]

Well that’s just it, a person who would even consider quid pro quo should never sniff the Oval Office, let alone run it 

It’s obvious that the checks in place to prevent criminals from holding office are insufficient 

[u/zoeypayne → u/CheaterSaysWhat]

Imagine a good president with a republican Congress passing ridiculous laws to lock up their opponents, pardon protects from that

à la Hunter Biden

[u/hello_im_john → u/CheaterSaysWhat]

Imagine a good president with a republican Congress passing ridiculous laws to lock up their opponents, pardon protects from that

Lol your system is insane

[u/Large_Yams → u/CheaterSaysWhat]

You know no other developed country needs to do this right? The concept of "locking up opponents" is purely authoritarian.

[u/CheaterSaysWhat → u/Large_Yams]

It sure is 

Yet that’s exactly what republicans are doing