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[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 20 points 2 days ago

The Senate doesn't get to decide who is pardoned though, and even the article itself mentions that the decision is nonbinding. This is basically just a performative vote.

What matters is whether they'll do something if she's pardoned, and we know that the Rs are never going to throw Supreme Leader under the bus.

[–] kittenroar@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

Ghislaine Maxwell, but not Trump, who was named in the files north of one million times, which is more times than there are words in the lord of the rings trilogy.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

The fact that "agrees to" was even part of the process tells you pretty much the whole thing.