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Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for her plastic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2025
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Trump gave her a pardon, how is she fucked if he goes away?
Now looking at her past she's done plenty of other terrible things, and after this she'll likely continue to do terrible things. So it won't be long until she needs another pardon for a new crime (or the uncovering of an existing crime).
She was also already a Trump loyalist.
So this is less a "bribe" and more a "reward".
my assumption is that if Trump ever goes he will be going down with a lot of trouble and people will try to undo his damages and make an example from those who benefited from his abuse of powers such as clearly illegal pardons.
What makes this an illegal pardon?
perhaps illegal was not the correct word. let's say on the very unethical side of an ethical scale of pardons (president having pardon powers is already starting with a non zero unethical score for me)