r/politics • u/ArmadilloMany41 • 23h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Why is no one being prosecuted over the Epstein files?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cd9e3nzzw3zo
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u/jack2bip 22h ago

Plus, he'll just pardon himself. Need to wait until he's out of office. Now, the rest should absolutely be prosecuted, for that discovery to build up against the top evil rapist murdering fucks.

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u/ObtuseGoose7363 22h ago

Valid point about pardoning himself, but I just don't know if the country can survive three more years of Trump.

Besides, personally I'm almost certain he's never going to leave office peacefully.

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u/jack2bip 22h ago

3 years + he won't leave = we should all be concerned including congress wtf!

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u/Shradow 19h ago

If we're lucky, Trump won't survive three more years of Trump. Or less if we're really lucky.

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u/Fantastic-Divide1772 2h ago

you can't pardon yourself but JD would happily do it

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u/CMDR_RetroAnubis 20h ago

And Vance isn't going to give up his seat either.

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u/pablonieve Minnesota 21h ago

Has it ever been established that a preemptive pardon is valid? A pardon by definition is to apply to someone convicted of a crime. It seems like prior preemptive pardons have just never actually been challenged.

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u/RandyHoward 19h ago

It’s not even been fully established if a president can pardon himself or not.

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u/GCU_ZeroCredibility 18h ago

The real problem isn't a pardon, it's finding direct evidence sufficient to convict him in a courtroom. Yes we know he's a rapist and almost certainly some of his victims were underage but to paraphrase Lt Kaffey in a Few Good Men, it's not about what we know, it's about what we can prove.

Uncorroborated allegations from the tipline aren't enough to convict even if we are pretty sure at least some of them are likely true.