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Donald Trump has promised to pardon his White House staffers, reported the Wall Street Journal’s Josh Dawsey in an exclusive report on Friday.

Dawsey, the veteran DC reporter, cited “people who have heard his comments” in the bombshell report revealing that Trump is asking his staff to operate with a sense of impunity.

“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval,” Trump reportedly told staffers “in a recent meeting to laughs.”

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[–] WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 222 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, dismissed Trump’s comments in a statement, saying, “The Wall Street Journal should learn to take a joke, however, the President’s pardon power is absolute.”

It’s just a joke, bro! Unless…

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

It's not like he's blanket pardoned over a thousand hard criminals that attacked federal officers and property or anything. I'm sure this is nothing.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 hours ago

Trump has no sense of humor, he doesn't know how to joke

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 99 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Y'all are the actual government of an entire country. You shouldn't be making fucking jokes in the first place especially when it pertains to the law. And if this was a joke, it's not even a very good one.

[–] bradinutah@thelemmy.club 19 points 22 hours ago

The Donvict operates this way, testing the waters to see how far he can go and see what might stick.

[–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

my kid reverts to "im just joking" when they know they fucked up, and they are 8. is the potus an 8yo?

[–] dizzle18@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s not fair. 8 year olds aren’t nearly this dumb.

[–] PwnTra1n@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn’t he say he’s the same person he was when he was 4 and proud of it?

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

7, but yes, he's said that he's the same person he was in first grade.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 hours ago

I personally believe him on this one.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 23 hours ago

It’s not absolute.

The leaders of a first world nation are no different from YouTube clown shows.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world -2 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

in december when both houses are returned to sanity the work of overturning pardons one by one will start

there will be no safe place for these people

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

I'll believe it when I see it. Maybe if you manage to primary candidates that have a spine and will actually do this.

(But yes, everyone should vote blue in general midterms, because the electoral system is cooked and the alternative is messed up beyond words. Especially those who believe Dems are just pretending to oppose fascism or sometjing - the more the Dems win, the more their bluff gets called. And one can say: "Okay, we voted blue and blue won. Now what?")