100 Trump Pardons: What Does the Supreme Court Say About the Implications of Accepting a Pardon?

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🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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It's being reported that Trump is preparing to issue as many as 100 pardons. This surprises exactly no one, as it's a fitting last act of a president who has been largely lawless during his four years in office. But what are the consequences for the people who decide to accept a pardon from Trump? The Supreme Court answered that question in 1915 in the case of George Burdick v. The United States. Mr. Burdick was the editor of the New York Tribune who refused to accept a pardon from President Woodrow Wilson. The Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Burdick was well within his right to refuse the pardon because accepting a pardon carries with it "an imputation of guilt and a confession" that you committed the crime for which you are pardoned. This is an important doctrine because those "confessions" by individuals who accept Trump's pardons can actually come back to haunt them in a number of ways. Here's how . . . Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/glennkirschner) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	100 pardons. It's being reported that Donald Trump is about to issue upwards of 100 pardons.
0:16.7	Now we know what that says about Donald Trump. He's a lawless president. He has always been a lawless president. He will continue to be a
0:21.4	lawless president until noon on January 20th.
0:25.8	They will be a lawless former president.
0:28.8	But what does it say about the 100 people who accept those pardons that Donald Trump grants.
0:38.4	What are the consequences of accepting a pardon? The answer might surprise you. Let's talk about that
0:46.1	because holding every criminal politician and every Trump family member who may have committed crimes,
0:57.0	holding them all accountable. Like justice, matters.
1:04.0	Matters. Hey all, Glenn Kirchner here. So it's being reported that tomorrow Donald Trump intends to
1:26.6	grant 100 pardons. It's the criminal friends and family plan. Now a president has every right to grant
1:37.6	pardons and his pardon power is indeed broad. The Constitution says the president shall have the power to grant
1:45.6	reprieves and pardons. But what does it mean when somebody accepts a pardon? What are the consequences of accepting a
1:56.2	pardon from Donald Trump and how might that come back to haunt the people who accept those pardons?
2:07.0	Let me talk about a couple of quick housekeeping things and then we're going to try to
2:10.9	answer that question with a really important
2:13.4	Supreme Court case on the topic of the consequence of accepting a
2:18.8	presidential pardon. So the housekeeping stuff as you can see I'm up out of the chair over there and I'm walking around again
2:26.0	It's my comfort zone as if I were in court. Thank you so much for all of your feedback about this new format.
2:35.0	This is a decidedly low budget, okay, no budget and low tech operation.
2:42.0	This is just my wife and I producing these videos every single day.
2:45.4	Posting them every single day. This is a labor of love, a love of justice. But as you can see, Stephen Spielberg is nowhere to be found. So I very much
2:59.4	appreciate the thousands of comments I got from you all.
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