It wouldn't be fair to have your felony conviction negatively impact your opportunities. This is how justice works right?

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[–] 41 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nope, it’s smart. Leaving sentencing until after the election also keeps the Supreme Court out of it before the election. You can bet your boots they would have fast-tracked any appeal and nullified the sentence somehow before the election.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    If trump gets elected he’ll just pardon himself or whatever machinations transpire where he won’t be sentenced at all.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    He can’t do that. These are state crimes.

    He has no authority to pardon non-federal crimes.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    He can’t pardon them, but he can probably just ignore whatever punishment is given and he’ll say he has presidential immunity (regardless of whether it fits, that’s the idea he’ll have). Then, if he becomes a sitting president, nobody will actually do anything to enforce the judgement against him and it’ll just be ignored, making presidential immunity to even state crimes a practical reality, even if it’s not a legal reality.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Acceptance of a pardon also means an admission of guilt. Trump has never guilty to anything, so he’ll be in a tight spot.

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