Donald Trump has promised to pardon his White House staffers, reported the Wall Street Journal’s Josh Dawsey in an exclusive report on Friday.

Dawsey, the veteran DC reporter, cited “people who have heard his comments” in the bombshell report revealing that Trump is asking his staff to operate with a sense of impunity.

“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval,” Trump reportedly told staffers “in a recent meeting to laughs.”

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[–] 239 points 7 months ago (15 children)

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, dismissed Trump’s comments in a statement, saying, “The Wall Street Journal should learn to take a joke, however, the President’s pardon power is absolute.”

It’s just a joke, bro! Unless…

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  • [–] 105 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Y'all are the actual government of an entire country. You shouldn't be making fucking jokes in the first place especially when it pertains to the law. And if this was a joke, it's not even a very good one.

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  • [–] 37 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    my kid reverts to "im just joking" when they know they fucked up, and they are 8. is the potus an 8yo?

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  • [–] 29 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    That’s not fair. 8 year olds aren’t nearly this dumb.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn’t he say he’s the same person he was when he was 4 and proud of it?

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    in december when both houses are returned to sanity the work of overturning pardons one by one will start

    there will be no safe place for these people

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    I'll believe it when I see it. Maybe if you manage to primary candidates that have a spine and will actually do this.

    (But yes, everyone should vote blue in general midterms, because the electoral system is cooked and the alternative is messed up beyond words. Especially those who believe Dems are just pretending to oppose fascism or sometjing - the more the Dems win, the more their bluff gets called. And one can say: "Okay, we voted blue and blue won. Now what?")

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