In the wake of his 17-year jail sentence, Joseph Bigg said: “Oh, I know he’ll pardon. I believe that with all my heart.”

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        Oh, I completely agree on that point. But let them fade into the dark where cockroaches belong and stop giving them free advertising for their gofundme accounts!

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    I’d pay good money to see his face the moment he realizes that Trump isn’t going to help him

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    He thought Trump was gonna pay their lawyers as well.

    Not the sharpest tool in the shed this one.

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      We have it here as well but it isn’t a free for all. The President receives a list of proposed pardons that have to be vetted one by one by a legal team. Certain offenses are not eligible and only sentences below a given number of years may be pardoned.

      It’s not like the man can hand out pardons on a whim.

      How does it work in the US?

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        How does it work in the US?

        Generally, the pardon power is meant to be a check on the legislative and judicial branch, and thus it is designed to be this powerful.

        Obama used his pardon power to free individuals who were nonviolent drug offenders who got sentenced to years often for simple possession. This doesn’t mean that he didn’t use a slew of lawyers to find these cases. He very much did. But he could, literally, go through a roster of inmates and just pick random people to pardon.

        Trump, if reelected, will likely pardon himself and it will need to go through the courts to see if that’s even feasible. Given the current nature of our highest court, it likely will be found constitutional.

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        Nobody knows, including the president. Trump thought he could pardon himself. There aren’t any restrictions other than it must be a crime with federal jurisdiction, the only jurisdiction over which the president has direct power. He can even pardon people in advance.

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    Dude, he’s already forgotten about you, if he ever knew who you were in the first place. He most certainly doesn’t care if you rot in jail or not. In fact, he’d probably get off on it if he knew.

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      If someone told Trump about this guy 4 years from now, he’d be bragging about how there were dudes doing long jailtime for him, because that’s how great he is. Getting Biggs out of prison would mean less bragging rights. He literally has an incentive to keep him in there.

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    Trump could have pardoned him on January 7th.

    Trump doesn’t give a shit about them.

    Also, Trump is about to get removed from the ballot in several states.

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      “Also, Trump is about to get removed from the ballot in several states.”

      I hope you’re correct.

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      I wouldn’t count on the 14th argument. There’s going to be so many lawsuits flying around they’re going to have to put a jetway at the Supreme Court, and Alito, Kavanaugh, Thomas, and whatsherface will tie themselves in knots to force that shitstain back on us.

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    If there weren’t a million reasons to not vote for Trump already, keeping this POS behind bars is just one more to add to the pile.

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    Yeah, you served your purpose and you failed… enjoy prison.

    Thoughts and prayers

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    Lol trump only cares about himself this dudes in for a wild ride. Don’t drop the soap my man.

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    I’m guessing, because he’s clearly a moron, that he doesn’t realize that former presidents don’t have pardoning power.

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    Trump can’t pardon the shiv your cellmate sticks into you because you won’t stop talking about Trump all the damn time. Just put a little hydroxychloroquine on the wound and walk it off!