Five@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTrump could legally sell pardons under 'blueprint for totalitarianism' from Supreme Courtwww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1508arrow-down16
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minus-squareZak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months 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-up1·5 months 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!