Five@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTrump could legally sell pardons under 'blueprint for totalitarianism' from Supreme Courtwww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1507arrow-down16
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minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-213 days ago There is no specific rule or law against giving a pardon in exchange for payment Yes there is: 18 USC § 201 (b) (2). Granting the pardon isn’t the part that’s illegal; soliciting or receiving the payment in exchange is. The ruling doesn’t change that, but could make the prosecution of that act more difficult in certain edge cases.
minus-squareBoddhisatva@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 days agoThanks for correcting me. Always happy to learn!
Yes there is: 18 USC § 201 (b) (2).
Granting the pardon isn’t the part that’s illegal; soliciting or receiving the payment in exchange is. The ruling doesn’t change that, but could make the prosecution of that act more difficult in certain edge cases.
Thanks for correcting me. Always happy to learn!