Summary
Donald Trump has exempted himself from key ethics guidelines required under the Presidential Transition Act, which he signed into law in 2020.
By rejecting federal funding for his transition team, Trump avoids donor limits and disclosure requirements, raising concerns about conflicts of interest and transparency.
Critics, including Senator Elizabeth Warren and government watchdogs, warn that Trump’s refusal to submit an ethics plan undermines accountability and could open the door to corruption.
This move marks a break from precedent and has sparked alarm over potential personal enrichment during his presidency.
Shit now there’s nothing stopping him from doing immoral undemocratic stuff like pardoning his children.
Lol, trump would do way worse than pardon his kid that was targeted by the doj for something that hardly gets charged in the first place. Trump incites violence, disregards the constitution, is a sexual predator (probably a pedophile) and the list goes on.
Rules for thee but not for me, got it.
Biden is literally following the rules with an official presidential pardon. Trump is violating a law he signed into law.
Oh look, crickets.
What does any of this have to do with Biden?
Did you forget your original comment?
Or did you bring up “pardoning his children” right after Biden pardoned his son for an entirely unrelated reason?
He did that? Oh never mind, if Biden did it, then it’s ok if Trump does it, too. Please disregard my initial comment. It is in fact not immoral and undemocratic to pardon your own children.
Yes. It is “okay” if a president uses their legal power to pardon people for federal crimes. In that it is their legal right to do so.
Is this the first day you’ve been aware of that fact? It’s been true for a very, very long time.
You’re right. What could Trump possibly do that would even come remotely close to equaling Joe Biden doing such a totally outrageous and unacceptable legal thing?
or appointing relations to advisory and diplomatic posts.
Tell me of all the people Don pardoned.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_granted_executive_clemency_by_Donald_Trump
Relatively few compared to his predecessors. Some real assholes on that list. It amazes me how Roger Stone isn’t under the Jail.
Lil Wayne is on that list btw.
We will get to see is how they twist the presidential pardon this coming year.
Afaik a presidential pardon is strictly federal.
State cases and Civil cases are not covered.
I’m sure the supreme Court will Fix that.
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What about pardoning war criminals?
Oh you poor thing…