Now, whatever we think of the morals and decency of these folks, they DID know the ins and outs of the structures of power, and that they often took their own conduct to the bitter edges of legally acceptable. If THEY thought that Nixon needed a pardon, and if NIXON of all people accepted a pardon, then there is NO way any of them thought he was “absolutely immune” from prosecution. This is particularly true because of the legal effect of accepting a pardon is effectively the same as pleading guilty. As the Supreme Court held in Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79 (1915) “a pardon carries "an imputation of guilt and acceptance of a confession of it," .How Gerald Ford destroyed Trump's immunity argument 50 years ago
In a brief before the Georgia Court, one of Trump’s parade of dubiously competent attorneys has asked the court to dismiss all charges against him by claiming absolute immunity for anything he did as president. “Trump’s counsel argued in a new motion...www.dailykos.com
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