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		aexer0e 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Pardonned.com – A searchable database of ... Pardons only stop the federal government from prosecuting someone, the states would still go after those individuals

dawnerd 32 days ago [–]

And in theory a future administration could do something like threaten to withhold funding to states that don’t prosecute.

Spooky23 32 days ago | [–]

Don’t worry, Trump 47 already thought of this, specifically threatening a state until the governor pardoned someone.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-threatened...

dawnerd 30 days ago | | [–]

Yep exactly, goes both ways.

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