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https://archive.fo/dbi7Y :

Trump says he will ask kneeling athletes to recommend people to pardon | TheHill

'Trump has been highly critical of athletes kneeling in protest during "The Star-Spangled Banner," calling it disrespectful to the country. ', "President Trump Donald John Trump McCain rips Trump over trade, tells allies: 'Americans stand with you, even if our president doesn't' Head of Canada's auto parts industry association mocks Trump's threat of auto tariffs Dem leaders condemn Trump after reversal on G-7 communique endorsement MORE said Friday that he would ask athletes who kneel during the national anthem to recommend people for him to pardon."

'He has come under fire for claiming that, while he has done nothing wrong, he has "the absolute right" to pardon himself as well, a claim he doubled down on Friday morning. ', "Trump said Friday that he was considering pardoning the late boxing champion Muhammad Ali, although Ali's conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1971 and President Carter pardoned all draft evaders in 1977."

'This week, he commuted the sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, a 65-year-old great-grandmother serving a life sentence on a nonviolent drug charge, after a lobbying effort from reality star Kim Kardashian West. '


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[–] 12995073? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Isn’t that his job to figure out who deserves pardoning? When you think about it, the president is a last defense against a due process system that has failed. It is to rectify an unjustice not for PR stunt or to repay a political contributor.