This might provide for months of future entertainment:
The Justice Department is investigating a potential crime related to funneling money to the White House or related political committee in exchange for a presidential pardon, according to court records unsealed Tuesday in federal court.
The case is the latest legal twist in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s administration after several of his top advisers have been convicted of federal criminal charges and as the possibility rises of Trump giving pardons to those who’ve been loyal to him. [CNN/Politics]
This is a bit puzzling as the pardon power is one of the least regulated powers of the President. He can basically use it how he wants, when he wants. So perhaps Trump will suffer no repercussions for accepting bribes to use the pardon power.
But does this hypothetical immunity, about which I could be completely wrong, also apply to the bribers? That I’m not so sure about. Maybe Trump’ll have to hand out two pardons per bribe, for the crime to be pardoned of, and for doing the bribe.
Is this just Trump making sure he remains in the spotlight after he’s out of office? I’m drooling just thinking about it – it has crime family written all over it.
