# Post-Election Pardon Parade Kicks Off

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 25, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451 "2020-11-25T22:52:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451/1 "2020-11-25T22:52:41Z")

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And the first accomplice pardoned is…

> **[Trump announces pardon for Michael Flynn in tweet | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/25/politics/trump-pardon-michael-flynn/index.html)**
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> President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Wednesday that he has granted his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, a "full pardon," wiping away the guilty plea of the intelligence official, lobbyist and conservative fringe darling for...

Who’s next?

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451/2 "2020-11-25T22:58:33Z")

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Trump’s finest moments are those in which he pardons turkeys.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451/3 "2020-11-25T23:20:48Z")

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If the nightmare of Trump’s four years was basically a dumpster fire, the next couple of months are going to be like … I dunno, something like an exploding dumpster filled with bat shit. The supernova of dumpster fires. I predict the word “unprecedented” is going to be used a lot, even more than over the past four years.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451/4 "2020-11-25T23:25:31Z")

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So much for the “Law and Order” President.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451/5 "2020-11-26T02:40:15Z")

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(Flynn immediately shoots to the top of the planned witness list for every ambitious prosecutor looking to tear down this avalanche of goblins.)

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ukulele_ike1/32/4613_2.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike1)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451/6 "2020-11-26T02:58:29Z")

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_Avalanche of Goblins_ should be the title of the first post-Trump history of his administration.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-election-pardon-parade-kicks-off/926451/7 "2020-11-26T06:54:00Z")

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Former prosecutor suggests that Judge Emmet Sullivan could nullify Flynn pardon as being corrupt and hence illegal:

> **[Former federal prosecutor says judge could void Trump's pardon for Flynn --...](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/former-federal-prosecutor-says-judge-could-void-trumps-pardon-for-flynn-heres-how/)**
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> Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner responded to President Donald Trump's pardon of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn by saying that it's entirely possible that the judge in Flynn's case could nullify the pardon. "Just as Judge Emmet Sullivan...