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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDick Cheney: "I am grateful that President Trump righted this wrong by issuing a full pardon to Sco
All the cohen stuff is new york State doings as far as I know.
Trump can only pardon Federal offenses
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Dick Cheney: "I am grateful that President Trump righted this wrong by issuing a full pardon to Scooter, and I am thrilled for Scooter and his family.
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Dick Cheney: "I am grateful that President Trump righted this wrong by issuing a full pardon to Sco (Original Post)
riversedge
Apr 2018
OP
The only WRONG was that YOU dick fuck cheney were not indicted and imprisoned
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2018
#1
What does it even do for him? He satisfied all the penalties already, right?
Tiggeroshii
Apr 2018
#4
The Cohen stuff is still federal, in the federal Southern District of New York.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Apr 2018
#11
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)1. The only WRONG was that YOU dick fuck cheney were not indicted and imprisoned
And I defended you recently as almost a patriot
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)5. For LIFE
and NO chance of pardon.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)2. Darth Vader and Orange Cheeto, of course!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)3. A pardon means he was guilty
So, there wasn't really a "wrong" done to Scooter. He was guilty of lying to the FBI and obstructing an investigation, and still is.
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)4. What does it even do for him? He satisfied all the penalties already, right?
Does he get paid back or what?
blogslut
(38,001 posts)6. Does this mean we have to see him and his fucking fam on the teevee now?
docgee
(870 posts)7. Is that fucking asshole still alive? eom
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)9. Technically. I prefer to think of him as "undead."
Hekate
(90,705 posts)8. Drop dead, Dick
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)10. A criminal
pardoning a criminal. Rich.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)11. The Cohen stuff is still federal, in the federal Southern District of New York.
It's just not being handled by Mueller. However, that's not to say there aren't parallel state offenses which the NWAG could prosecute. Those would not be pardonable.