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    Trump Just Pardoned Himself and His Family Forever

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    1. nytopinion on

      “For decades there have been disagreements among constitutional scholars about whether a president can pardon himself. But Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, just gave President Trump something even better: pre-emptive exoneration from all potential criminal liability for certain financial crimes,” says Jeffrey Toobin, a contributing writer for Times Opinion and a former assistant U.S. attorney.

      “By issuing a prohibition on federal investigations that might threaten Mr. Trump’s finances, the department has placed the president and his family in a new category of citizenship, where the tax rules that apply to every other American do not apply to him or his family,” Jeffrey writes. “By my reading, the document explicitly forbids the government from challenging the legality of any trusts, which can survive in perpetuity. In this way, Mr. Blanche’s memo is a gift to subsequent generations of the Trump family.”

      Read the full piece [here, for free](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/opinion/trump-doj-pardon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.j1A.gHqO.d1pzBdYgCQhy&smid=re-nytopinion), even without a Times subscription.

    3. socratic-meth on

      > He also guaranteed that the federal government would not be able to pursue tax claims against the president

      How are dumb fucks still supporting this obvious criminal. He isn’t even doing anything that benefits them. Can it really just be that they think he hurts their political opponents more?

    5. KimmyT1436 on

      The United States of America is officially the Empire of Trump Inc.. When a political leader is held to be completely and utterly above the law and is deemed to be immune from being prosecuted for their crimes, the way Donald Trump is, then that person is no longer the leader of their people but a tyrant who needs to be removed from office.

    6. Ecstatic-Plantain234 on

      I’m sure the Trump family has a plethora of state level crimes under their belts so start investigating and prosecuting.

    7. jest4fun on

      >Trump Just Pardoned Himself and His Family

      No he didn’t. A pardon, by definition, is something bestowed by another unto a group or individual.  A person can Not pardon themselves.

      Further,  accepting a pardon ~~requires/implies~~ is an Admission of Guilt.

      This shit’s Fkd up, it’s corruption, not a pardon.

      Call it by its proper name.

    8. AcanthisittaNo6653 on

      Forever ends in 976 days, when then next president is inaugurated, or sooner if Congress grows a pair.

    10. DeuceGnarly on

      I imagine a future where, after this guy kicks it, his grave has to have 24/7 security teams to keep people from shitting on it.

      It’ll cost the country as much as his shitty fucking golf trips do now…

    11. snarf_victory on

      i don’t really care if we can prosecute him for tax fraud. prosecute him for sedition, prosecute him for child rape, prosecute him for accepting bribes. as long as he dies in prison.

    14. the_chin2 on

      I don’t think this is legally binding. In fact, none of Trump’s unilateral decisions are legally binding. For example, renaming the Kennedy Center can only be done by an act of Congress. All his bullshit will be reversed when he’s out of power.

    15. ReasonablyConfused on

      “You see officer, you can’t arrest me, here’s my freshly laminated ‘Ok to murder card’”

      — Stephen Colbert

    16. danimagoo on

      No he didn’t. There is nothing that gives the Attorney General the authority to bind the IRS in perpetuity like that. The next AG can rip that order up, and the next Secretary of the Treasury can just ignore it if the AG doesn’t rip it up.

      Importantly, none of this, not even the 1.776 billion dollar slush fund, was actually part of a legally recognized settlement of a lawsuit. The judge made this observation when accepting Trump’s withdrawal of the lawsuit. None of this shit is binding. All of it can easily be undone if we elect a Democrat in 2028.

    17. Interesting-Risk6446 on

      AG cannot pardon anyone. They can choose to prosecute or choose not to.

    18. scriptfoo on

      acting-AG Blanche’s letter should be exhibit 1 as proof the entire Trump family is a criminal enterprise, all assets domestic and foreign should be considered ill-gotten gains and surrendered.
      Of course it won’t happen because the GOP has figured out that gov’t coffers are there for the taking.

    24. codacoda74 on

      They can bellyache Weaponization! but unless this, or exec orders, are codified by congress they are just intentions and not permanent. Next DEM can rescind and prosecute.

    25. HistoricalPlum1533 on

      Nah, the laws apply because we all agree to abide by them. This is bullshit and won’t stand.

    27. boot2skull on

      What a joke this country is. That’s not a valid prevention or remedy to “tax leaks” that is blatant immunity, the tax leak may have well been intentional to do this kind of overreach.

    28. Prestigious-Car-4877 on

      Sounds like an executive order to me. Those get shit canned right quick when the president changes.

    36. Rockyrox on

      I really hope this gets overturned and the first thing the next democrat president does is have IRS audit literally everyone in that shit family.

    37. flinstoner on

      And some will still wonder why there are rallies called “no Kings”. The US is now officially a failed state

    40. alarming_blood_loss on

      No offence but that’s a fucking ridiculous system of government and your founding fathers weren’t the geniuses that everyone pretends they were

    41. Bob_Obloooog on

      Just turn him over to Iran for bombing that school or Venezuela for murdering all those people on those alleged drug boats. Pardons don’t work in other countries.