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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. Why make a deal?
Fri May 26, 2017, 08:00 PM
May 2017

Blanket pardons for all.

He'll get the Christians to go on about how he is a model of forgiveness.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,840 posts)
4. A 'pre-pardon plea deal' might take the heat off someone else.
Fri May 26, 2017, 08:08 PM
May 2017

I think it's going to get weird no matter what.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
6. Actually, one of the problems with a pardon
Fri May 26, 2017, 08:10 PM
May 2017

Is that testimony can then be compelled, since there is no Fifth Amendment jeopardy, or prospective pardon against future perjury.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
2. Will Trump throw Jared under the bus?
Fri May 26, 2017, 08:04 PM
May 2017

I know it's getting crowded under there, but I'm wondering whether Trump's desire for self-preservation will overcome his loyalty to his son-in-law. I'm betting that at some point Jared will find himself suddenly looking at the underside of a Greyhound chassis, with oil dripping on his forehead.

H2O Man

(73,559 posts)
9. Although it's not
Fri May 26, 2017, 08:12 PM
May 2017

currently reported, the investigation is looking at her, too, per "business dealings." The two sons, the daughter, and the son-in-law. I suspect the old man will do some freak tweets in upcoming days.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
16. As someone else pointed out, he's probably always been jealous of Jared and can now
Fri May 26, 2017, 08:35 PM
May 2017

get rid of him.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
13. Naw, they'll just toss him off the plane on the way back from Europe
Fri May 26, 2017, 08:22 PM
May 2017

Just watch. Jared gets on plane. Plane flies to US. Jared doesn't get off plane.

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
14. Or he will have an unfortunate fall from a balcony.
Fri May 26, 2017, 08:31 PM
May 2017

I noticed that happens to people involved in this story line a bunch when they become inconvenient.

wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
15. But can Trump pardon himself, then resign?
Fri May 26, 2017, 08:33 PM
May 2017

Exactly the kind of thing he would do. And then the GOP leadership would contort itself and how that was a completely normal thing to do.

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