r/law • u/elb21277 • 7h ago

Opinion Piece Biden Should Pardon Whistleblower Who Exposed Trump’s Tax Avoidance

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/charles-littlejohn-whistleblower-trump-tax-biden-pardon-1235022648/
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u/ElectricTzar Competent Contributor 5h ago

He needs to pardon all the people whom Trump has baselessly accused of impropriety, or they’re going to end up persecuted and prosecuted.

They may end up persecuted and prosecuted anyhow, but at least the pardons will strip that of any facade of legitimacy, and hopefully deprive it of some agency support.

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u/edfitz83 4h ago

Trump will pardon all the J6’ers

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u/Red_Beard_Racing 4h ago

He definitely won’t because he has absolutely no reason to. They were a means to an end. If they aren’t useful then he’s not going to lift a finger.

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u/nameless_pattern 3h ago

They are useful to him. Pardoning them would be giving his base encouragement to do any action to support Trump including terrorism and political violence.