Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump DOJ Reportedly Looking Into Delegitimizing Watergate Prosecutors and Clearing Nixontruthout.orgexternal-linkmessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down11file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.world
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minus-squareceenote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·2 days agoWe must undo this travesty of justice, where the law was once applied to a powerful white man. Well, almost applied. They let him off the hook in exchange for resigning. But still! Any consequences at all cannot be allowed to stand!
minus-squaredesuwu@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 days agoHe resigned and then he was immediately pardoned by Ford. What’s Trump going to do, pardon Nixon a second time??
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoAccepting a pardon is an admission of guilt. Trump is trying to rewrite history so that Nixon’s acts are considered normal presidential behavior instead of criminal corruption.
minus-squareRFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoSome dumbass “super duper secret double pardon” this whole administration is so fucking stupid, and unfortunately super astute at evil
We must undo this travesty of justice, where the law was once applied to a powerful white man.
Well, almost applied. They let him off the hook in exchange for resigning. But still! Any consequences at all cannot be allowed to stand!
He resigned and then he was immediately pardoned by Ford. What’s Trump going to do, pardon Nixon a second time??
Accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt.
Trump is trying to rewrite history so that Nixon’s acts are considered normal presidential behavior instead of criminal corruption.
Some dumbass “super duper secret double pardon” this whole administration is so fucking stupid, and unfortunately super astute at evil