Legal Eagle

He hasn't issued anything yet, but that's because his megaphone has been taken away.

It's kind of weird that there's a genuine chance that the reason he hasn't pardoned anyone is literally because he can't brag about it on Twitter.

I'm not certain he (or several members of congress) realize they can summon the press and say whatever they want, whenever they want.

"And let the biased media spin things the wrong way? We ain't stupid!"

Wouldnt pardoning the rioters be conter productive to his case? Since it could send the message that he does approve of their actions

He doesn't wanna call press conferences coz reporters are going to ask questions during them.

And he wont pardon the crowd because there's nothing for him to gain from doing it. Almost all of his pardons so far have been transactional (Heck, the FBI's now investigating people who have gotten some). He's a narcissist why would he pardon randos who aren't giving him anything.

I've heard that he can't officially pardon anyone without proper paperwork. And right now there's nobody willing to help him with it, and he's not capable of filling it out alone.

Yeah. The White House Counsel told the staff to not talk to Trump and Trump just stopped paying Giuliani so he's out of the picture. Anyone left is likely to be like, base level staff who don't do that kind of paperwork and wouldn't be able to help.

There's also the fact that the bulk of the capitol invaders haven't been charged yet. Word on the street is, the FBI is waiting until Trump no longer has the power to issue pardons before they charge the invaders, specifically to avoid them getting off.

Of course, that will never be the official headline, but I think it's a legit possibility. Especially since the FBI is heavily vetting the National Guard members who are in DC for the inauguration.

Pardons dont work that way. You can be pardoned before being ever charged. That explanation makes no sense.

Hm. Well, that's why I'm a programmer and not a lawyer or anything similar.

I'm also pretty sure several people arrested have been charged. Otherwise there'd be no point in arresting them.

The point of arresting them is getting them off of the streets and out of society while prosecutors determine what actual charges to file against them. This is the literally the function of jails: taking a person who is deemed to be a threat to others and removing them from the others to whom they may be a threat while the justice system begins its work.

Not being able to arrest people before prosecutors filed charges would be a major oversight in our legal system.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jan 18th 2021 at 11:35:42 AM

Discussing Trump's last wave of terrible pardons.

Poll: What should the Biden administration do regarding potential criminality in the Trump administration?

The fact that the percentage of "pardon them" being not zero is startling. Not suprising , but startling.

Apparently, those pardons...

Edited by Brandon on Jan 26th 2021 at 11:17:19 AM

So the shorts are supposed to be under a minute? Seems kinda silly to break a story into two parts released on the same day. I get that this is a format for quick and dirty reporting without taking the time and effort of producing a full video, but to be so rigidly under a minute long when it's a two minute story sounds like he's gaming the Algorithm or something.

Edited by TParadox on Jan 26th 2021 at 12:35:11 PM

Did *Certain* Politicians Commit Sedition?

It's a transparent attempt to game the algorithm. To the point that I think he explicitly said it in the first one (or it was just so obvious it's what I heard). It's why I don't bother with them... That and they're so short he can't really say anything that's really of substance to me.

They're an awkward level of commitment and information... Only a minute is still about what skimming an article and I get way less information. If I specifically cared more about his personal opinions they may have more value but nah. Frankly I'd rather read a Tweet on the subject.

He says those videos are geared towards the Instagram/Tiktok crowd where short clips are the norm. He's still doing full-length videos, so skip the shorts if you don't like them.

Edited by Fighteer on Jan 28th 2021 at 10:09:39 AM

I assumed they were just quick videos for him to make to comment on any current event, while focusing his attention on his other videos.

I honestly don't see what's the problem with the shorts.

Also, now I want this channel to cover the most recent Robinhood controversy. This might (if didn't already) turn into something really big.

He usually just covers political stuff, so I'm not sure this would be in his wheelhouse.

He just posted a short about the GME thing. (And tweeted about it a little earlier.) A full video would hardly be out of the question.

Edited by Perseus on Jan 29th 2021 at 3:51:24 AM