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Weaponizing government.

DOJ Expands Trump’s Jan. 6 Clemency to Cover Unrelated Gun Crimes

What Happened: The Justice Department announced that Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons now extend to unrelated crimes uncovered during FBI searches tied to Capitol riot investigations. This led to the dismissal of gun charges against two former Jan. 6 defendants, Daniel Ball and Elias Costianes.

Why It Matters: The broadened clemency not only shields insurrectionists and rioters but reiterates to Trump loyalists that crimes committed on his behalf will be pardoned, effectively encouraging future political violence with legal immunity.

Source: Politico

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What Happened: The Justice Department announced that Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons now extend to unrelated crimes uncovered during FBI searches tied to Capitol riot investigations.

"Fruit of the poisonous tree"(*) I suppose, but despicable none the less.

(*) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisono...

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DOJ Expands Trump’s Jan. 6 Clemency to Cover Unrelated Gun Crimes

I think I posted on that earlier. I thought the pardon was written quite broadly, and could apply to far more than just the Jan 6 insurrection. Pretty much any crime committed on Jan 6 and somewhere in the vicinity of the Capitol could be included.

--Peter

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double un-jeopardy

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