Olbermann vs Trump #54: 1/14/21 - Trump can't pardon his minions

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Thursday January 14, 2021 · 8:52 PM PST

2021/01/14 · 20:52

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As every hour passes, the evidence that last week's attempt to overthrow the government and storm the Capitol was no "rally gone wrong" but an insider job aided and abetted by some Republican congressmen and staffers - and many others.

But in the history-making headlines of Trump's second impeachment, the meaningless bleating of the GOP about "unity," and the pointless debates about whether or not an impeachment trial after a president has left office would be constitutional, there's a much more important consequence. An "originalist" interpretation of the Constitution requires that an impeached president has lost his ability to issue pardons for anybody involved in the crimes related to the impeachment. That includes Congressmen, crooked cops, inciters, instigators - and himself.

Meanwhile yet a new and harrowing twist: why were dozens of white supremacists on the FBI Terror Watch list not only permitted to travel to DC, but to get to the Capitol as the coup unfolded? More insider sedition?

For what it’s worth: I found, this time, that the page notes make slightly better sense than what I heard on the video.

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