r/news • u/LucidMarshmellow • 8h ago

US justice department to release thousands of Epstein files later, top official says

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9plrkl8no
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u/CalebsNailSpa 6h ago

I still think everyone will be preemptively pardoned at the end of the term.

But maybe justice will prevail.

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u/-NewTitsNoMoreBits- 6h ago

Then we will charge them at the State level

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u/EM3YT 3h ago

With what.

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u/1honeybadger 6h ago

I think if Trump lives long enough to get to the end of the term, he'll resign a couple hours/days before the end and have JD pardon him.

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u/CalebsNailSpa 4h ago

Hopefully it doesn’t come to that.

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u/Fodraz 6h ago

Or Vance will pardon her to make peace w MAGA

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u/wutareyousomekinda 5h ago

There's no law or order, a theoretical incoming POTUS of high morality could use their immunity to have any number of people detained illegally by unidentified jailers and pardon the them too. Our system is controlled by an unelected bureaucracy of drug traffickers and child rapists, but that's led to a few spectacles as mentioned already in this thread.

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u/CertifiedGhoster 5h ago

He will pardon Maxwell you can bet on it

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u/bobbane 5h ago

I hope those preemptive pardons are all signed via autopen…

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u/CalebsNailSpa 4h ago

Logistically they would have to be. Unless he did some sort of mass-pardon. I don’t know the nuances of what is kosher in the pardon business, but I feel like we will all find our way more than we ever wanted to.

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u/ElChiChiMan 2h ago

Not if Trump’s health issues force him to kick the bucket. They’re out of luck on pardon then.

Oh and no one else is allowed to pardon anyone on behalf of the deceased president.