Pardoning yourself is like copping a plea. If you aren't guilty, you don't need a preemptive pardon. It's an admission of guilt.

@barjoe unfortunatly the more financially disadvantaged one is the harder it is to fight charges against them, so people are routinely told to take the plea to get a shorter sentence if they can't afford to fight.

@1of5 I'm confused. Poor people taking plea deals doesn't always mean they're guilty, but they usually are. That has to do with Trump pardoning himself, how?

@barjoe they usually are? Dude, ALL of us are guilty of something, it's just the state determines who to prosecute, typically going for the low hanging fruit to get the highest conviction rate possible. The poor and minorities that disproportionately inhabit our criminal justice system are there because they don't have the resources to fight which makes the prosecutions job easier.

My step brother was a public defender in Seattle for 20 years. Believe me, it happens.

@1of5 Dude? Okay I guess that how you talk. I'm referring to Trump. I agree! The criminal justice system sucks! I'm talking about Trump pardoning himself. If you think I made a bad metaphor, that's fine. All I said was self pardon is an admission of guilt. A guilty plea whether it's fair or not makes him guilty in the eyes of the law.

@barjoe I was agreeing with you on Trump and decided to get on my soapbox for a minute. Its been in the closet for a bit and is kinda dusty.