Five@slrpnk.net to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agoDonald Trump suffers triple polling blow in 48 hours after guilty verdictwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump suffers triple polling blow in 48 hours after guilty verdictwww.newsweek.comFive@slrpnk.net to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·7 months agoHe is and always will be a convicted felon from the moment is is convicted unless he is pardoned. He will only be a convict whle is is serving his sentence. If he lives long enough to finish his sentence he won’t be a convict anymore, but will still be a convicted felon.
minus-squarePulptastic@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoThen he’ll be a pardoned felon
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoNo, then he will have been pardoned and no longer a felon (assuming every felony is pardoned)
minus-squarePete Hahnloser@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoI’m glad the feds dropped this case and New York picked it up for the simple reason that a pardon could only come from the New York governor. It’s not in the president’s power to pardon state convictions, which may be important going forward.
He is and always will be a convicted felon from the moment is is convicted unless he is pardoned.
He will only be a convict whle is is serving his sentence.
If he lives long enough to finish his sentence he won’t be a convict anymore, but will still be a convicted felon.
Then he’ll be a pardoned felon
No, then he will have been pardoned and no longer a felon (assuming every felony is pardoned)
I’m glad the feds dropped this case and New York picked it up for the simple reason that a pardon could only come from the New York governor. It’s not in the president’s power to pardon state convictions, which may be important going forward.