Why has nobody been locked up? Trump has only 7 days left and I was promised that all these things would end the Dems.
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Correct me if I'm wrong. Didn't Barack Obama sign something into effect right before he left office, making it impossible to persecute members of congress for past crimes?
Which is to say, Donald Trump and co. needed them to commit new crimes in order to convict them?
I can't find the thread I read yesterday where someone spelled that out to me, if I do I'll try to elaborate on the facts.
Arguably YES. But the present crimes for treason and accepting brides from foreign actors are for the crimes committed during the 2018 and 2020 elections as well as Trump's 2017 first year in office. No POTUS has authority to pardon for future criminal actions. Right now my go-to https://operationq.pub/ won't load, so I could not get the "sauce" for this answer.