• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Don’t pardons require admitting guilt?

    And in this case, admitting guilt should disqualify him from being president, if the constitution was followed.

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      1 year ago

      No. There is some legal theorizing that it does, and there have been people who refused pardons because they didn’t want the appearance of accepting guilt. But legally speaking, accepting the pardon wouldn’t change anything about the situation.