A former assistant U.S. attorney raised the unnerving possibility that Donald Trump could pardon his supporters who violently stormed the Capitol on Wednesday. The chance of a Trump pardon — including for himself — is particularly jarring in this case because the president been accused of inciting the violence. State and local crimes can’t be pardoned by a president, only federal crimes. But because the District of Columbia doesn’t have state status, even its local crimes are prosecuted by federal authorities, and the president has pardon power. “Based on everything I saw ― my 30 years as a federal prosecutor ― it sure looks like there’s enough to charge him with inciting a riot,” said Kirschner,Check out the entire interview in the video clip up top.

Source: Huffington Post January 10, 2021 07:31 UTC