(May 7, 2024 at 1:56 pm)Nanny Wrote: More important than any fines or jail time is that Trump will run the appeal scheme all the way to SCOTUS if he fails to win the presidency. He will be a convicted felon in name only until the appeals process runs out or he pardons himself. A pardon is a formal admission of guilt, however.
It’s unclear whether a President can self-pardon, but with this Court, one never knows.
Anyway, the stuff in New York is a state crime. Presidential pardons only apply to federal offenses.
Boru
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