Anonymous
10/17/2019 (Thu) 13:30:01
No.19180
del
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/10/16/NY-closes-double-jeopardy-loophole-can-charge-pardoned-offenders/6551571243544/?ls=2So this ruling will also affect those that Obama has pardoned
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We have a responsibility to ensure that individuals who commit crimes under New York state law are held accountable for those crimes," she said.
"This critical new law closes a gaping loophole that could have allowed any president to abuse the presidential pardon power by unfairly granting a pardon to a family member or close associate, and possibly allow that individual to evade justice altogether."
New York lawmaker Andy Goodell criticized the bill in May, saying it's nothing more than "a poke in the eye" to Trump.