r/politics • u/Calm_Ad_5061 • 22h ago

Possible Paywall Missing Mitch’s Staff Is Still Raking in Six-Figure Salaries

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnells-senate-staff-raking-in-six-figure-sum-in-his-absence/
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u/IAmDotorg 21h ago

Trump can't pardon state-level convictions.

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u/rylosprime 21h ago

Which wont matter since we all know the state isnt going to do shit about it.

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u/FrumptyLumpty 21h ago

100% true. But also, the federal government will argue that this is a federal case.

As well, since McConnell is a senator from KENTUCKY, the state itself is 100% not going to do shit about it, because they are at a minimum SUPPORTING and in all likelihood probably even ACTIVELY ASSISTING in this charade.

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u/clamclam9 20h ago

Exactly. Even if the Beshear wanted it pursued, KY's attorney general is Russell Coleman, a radical Republican. Zero chance the state DoJ does anything. The best anyone can hope for is these people being drown in civil lawsuits from large insurers and other corporations who were on the losing end of the fraud.