Potential Memorial Day Pardons

[Dill]

(05-22-2019, 10:20 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: He can be pardoned before the trial, which would end any criminal inquiry.

Even if he doesn't, the Commander-in-Chief publicly talking about a case, suggesting an outcome he'd like to see ahead of time, is "undue command influence" on the trial. https://www.court-martial.com/unlawful-command-influence-uci.html

Outside of Trumpworld, the implications of such pardons are deeply disturbing.

Senior military officers rebel against Trump plan to pardon troops accused of war crimes
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-pentagon-oppose-trump-pardon-murder-warcrimes-20190522-story.html

“Absent evidence of innocence or injustice, the wholesale pardon of U.S. service members accused of war crimes signals our troops and allies that we don’t take the law of armed conflict seriously,” retired Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in a tweet Tuesday. He added: “Bad message. Bad precedent. Abdication of moral responsibility. Risk to us.”