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Trump DOJ Reportedly Looking Into Delegitimizing Watergate Prosecutors and Clearing Nixon
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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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mHtt lemmy.ca mHtt@lemmy.ca
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#2 · Quote Reply

'When your rich, they let you do it'

He will do whatever he likes until enough American decide to put a stop to it. Simple as that.

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ceenote lemmy.world ceenote@lemmy.world
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#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

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!

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brem lemmy.world brem@lemmy.world
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#4 · Quote Reply

Turds of a feather shock forever

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brem lemmy.world brem@lemmy.world
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#5 · Quote Reply

Turds of a feather shock forever

It's not shocking, I know... I probably should've went with "flock endeavour" or "mock whenever" or "smock in fowl weather" or whatever

... But those don't sound as good,

nor is as clever

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Seb the goblin lemmy.world seblin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-05-27
#6 · Quote Reply

It's not shocking, I know... I probably should've went with "flock endeavour" or "mock whenever" or "smock in fowl weather" or whatever ... But those don't sound as good, nor is as clever

How about "turds of a feather float together"? You know, like the surprise log at pool

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Vince lemmy.world Vince@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-08
#7 · Quote Reply

I mean yeah, he's done way worse and is still in office

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Blade9732 lemmy.world Blade9732@lemmy.world
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I actually am surprised they are still on the Nixon kick. He supported the 1968 Gun Control Act, also was quoted as saying "I don't see why anybody has a right to a handgun in their home". He wanted to ban "Saturday Night Specials", and further flirted with a full ban on handguns. He also created and promoted the EPA. Pretty sure there are lots of things that today's MAGats would lose their mind over.

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IronBird lemmy.world IronBird@lemmy.world
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#9 · (edited) Quote Reply

I actually am surprised they are still on the Nixon kick. He supported the 1968 Gun Control Act, also was quoted as saying "I don't see why anybody has a right to a handgun in their home". He wanted to ban "Saturday Night Specials", and further flirted with a full ban on handguns. He also created and promoted the EPA. Pretty sure there are lots of things that today's MAGats would lose their mind over.

the boomers pulling the strings havent moved past it, is all

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BehindetheClouds reddthat.com BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com
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#10 · Quote Reply

Turds of a feather shock forever

Birds of a shit feather Randy.

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brem lemmy.world brem@lemmy.world
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#11 · Quote Reply

How about "turds of a feather float together"? You know, like the surprise log at pool

In "Holy Grail" the Python crew does a whole bit about a person with a bright orange nose floating in water (albeit in comparison to wood)

...which brings me to my demands for the liberation of The United States Of America..

...Trump must be dunked (in Boston Harbor) & carted off to prison until his natural end of life (no comunicato)

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brem lemmy.world brem@lemmy.world
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#12 · Quote Reply

Birds of a shit feather Randy.

"Randels, we got some shitburds to dunk Raners...
...Now less gets over there and do a mrurgurrpfff....... .zzzzzz..."

"Mr. Lahey, are you okay? You promised me we'd get some greasy cheeseburgers, but you fell asleep on the fuckin' loveseat again.."

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desuwu piefed.blahaj.zone desuwu@piefed.blahaj.zone
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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??

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yeahiknow3 lemmy.dbzer0.com yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-06-08
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I actually am surprised they are still on the Nixon kick. He supported the 1968 Gun Control Act, also was quoted as saying "I don't see why anybody has a right to a handgun in their home". He wanted to ban "Saturday Night Specials", and further flirted with a full ban on handguns. He also created and promoted the EPA. Pretty sure there are lots of things that today's MAGats would lose their mind over.

Yes, but Trump is anti- gun rights.

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Blade9732 lemmy.world Blade9732@lemmy.world
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Yes, but Trump is anti- gun rights.

True, but he kinda waffles on that like everything else, so maga will argue that he is for gun rights. They will justify any position Trump takes, and I guess they may do that for Nixon, of all people.

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BrownSugarBits lemmy.world BrownSugarBits@lemmy.world
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What an utter contempt for the rule of law. I suppose judge's rulings are just an opinion that can be changed at any point in the future when they feel like it?

This is what happens when you let a criminal run the government.

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CosmicTurtle0 [he/him] lemmy.dbzer0.com CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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What is left to clear? Nixon literally got pardoned by Ford.

The only way to make it clearer is if you remove the indictment. Maybe that's what Trump is trying to set up? Remove the idea that Nixon even did anything wrong? To pave the path for his impeachments can be "removed"?

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BeBopALouie lemmy.ca Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca
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#18 · Quote Reply

Guess they are getting low on material to take peoples minds off the Epstein files.
It is not going to work (for me at least).

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RFKJrsBrainworm sh.itjust.works RFKJrsBrainworm@sh.itjust.works
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#19 · Quote Reply

He resigned and then he was immediately pardoned by Ford. What's Trump going to do, pardon Nixon a second time??

Some dumbass "super duper secret double pardon" this whole administration is so fucking stupid, and unfortunately super astute at evil

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DataCrime lemmy.dbzer0.com DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#20 · Quote Reply

LOL awesome! Tricky Dick is my favorite kind of dick πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‰

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Rivalarrival lemmy.today Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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#21 · Quote Reply

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.

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Mobiuthuselah sh.itjust.works Mobiuthuselah@sh.itjust.works
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#22 · Quote Reply

LOL awesome! Tricky Dick is my favorite kind of dick πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‰

I prefer Dick Van Dyke

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Naich piefed.world Naich@piefed.world
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#23 · Quote Reply

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.

To be fair, it would be normal for trump. He's done worse and got away with it.

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StupidBrotherInLaw lemmy.world StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world
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#24 · Quote Reply

LOL awesome! Tricky Dick is my favorite kind of dick πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‰

I prefer mine spotted.

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UltraGiGaGigantic lemmy.ml UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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#25 · Quote Reply

Guess they are getting low on material to take peoples minds off the Epstein files. It is not going to work (for me at least).

Okay, our minds are on the epstien files. Now what?

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UltraGiGaGigantic lemmy.ml UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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#26 · Quote Reply

the boomers pulling the strings havent moved past it, is all

Its the 1% vs the working class, not generation vs generation.

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beejboytyson lemmy.world beejboytyson@lemmy.world
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#27 · Quote Reply

I prefer Dick Van Dyke

Dick Grayson for me

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LordMayor piefed.social LordMayor@piefed.social
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#28 · Quote Reply

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.

That’s not settled law. From your own link (emphasis mine):

Although the Supreme Court's opinion stated that a pardon carries "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it,"[2] this was part of the Court's dictum for the case.[4] Whether the acceptance of a pardon constitutes an admission of guilt by the recipient is disputed.

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IronBird lemmy.world IronBird@lemmy.world
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#29 · Quote Reply

Its the 1% vs the working class, not generation vs generation.

boomers have all the $

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HobbitFoot thelemmy.club HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2023-06-16
#30 · Quote Reply

What is left to clear? Nixon literally got pardoned by Ford. The only way to make it clearer is if you remove the indictment. Maybe that's what Trump is trying to set up? Remove the idea that Nixon even did anything wrong? To pave the path for his impeachments can be "removed"?

Unironicly, Nixon did nothing wrong so I didn't do anything wrong.

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BeBopALouie lemmy.ca Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca
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#31 · Quote Reply

Okay, our minds are on the epstien files. Now what?

Up to the americans. So far they have done squat having a convicted felon, child rapist and the list goes on. Seems like they are ok with it since all I see is avarice and avoidance.

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GreenKnight23 lemmy.world GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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#32 · Quote Reply

but why?

1000004668

doing this has to open some kind of legal loophole, otherwise the administration wouldn't be doing it.

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skisnow lemmy.ca skisnow@lemmy.ca
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#33 · Quote Reply

What is left to clear? Nixon literally got pardoned by Ford. The only way to make it clearer is if you remove the indictment. Maybe that's what Trump is trying to set up? Remove the idea that Nixon even did anything wrong? To pave the path for his impeachments can be "removed"?

It's a blatant "flood the zone with shit", dead cat on the table type move. None of them care about Nixon, they just care that you're talking about something that isn't releasing the Epstein Files.

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Illogicalbit lemmy.world Illogicalbit@lemmy.world
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#34 · Quote Reply

but why? doing this has to open some kind of legal loophole, otherwise the administration wouldn't be doing it.

Or it could be yet another distraction.

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phutatorius lemmy.zip phutatorius@lemmy.zip
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#35 · Quote Reply

That’s not settled law. From your own link (emphasis mine): Although the Supreme Court's opinion stated that a pardon carries "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it,"[2] this was part of the Court's dictum for the case.[4] Whether the acceptance of a pardon constitutes an admission of guilt by the recipient is disputed.

It's not only disputed, it's logically nonsensical. The Supreme Court has found general pardons to be constitutional. That is, a pardon for any and all crimes that may have committed during a specified period. And if that's the case, and someone accepts such a pardon, what exactly are they admitting guilt to? Everything? Anything?

Also, pardons have long been used to rectify miscarriages of justice, their wording has indicated that purpose, and pardonees have accepted those pardons.

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