Trump said he would consider pre-emptive pardons to protect Elon Musk and other close aides should Democrats take control of Congress

Donald Trump said he would be willing to protect Elon Musk and his staff if Democrats take control of Congress after the midterm elections this week.

In an interview for the “Pod Force One” podcast published Monday, Trump said he would move to “protect” the billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO if Congressional investigators targeted him.

Trump also indicated that he was weighing pre-emptive pardons for his close aides and others around him should the Democrats pursue investigations, according to Axios. It is a notion that the president has floated before to keep his team from facing prosecution for actions during the first two years of his term.

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[–] 3 points 3 days ago

The problem was he lied under oath.

If he did, with the vast resources the Republicans had, he would have been criminally charged and convicted for it. He wasn't. It was claimed during the impeachment process that he lied, but what he had actually done was truthfully answer the questions based on Kenneth Starr's definitions ("sexual relations" was defined, very Conservatively, as PIV sex, and didn't involve BJs, cigar insertions, etc). It was a perjury trap and he was smart enough to wriggle out.

They also went after him with a number of bullshit civil suits, all of which were thrown out of court.

By the way, I'm not arguing that Clinton wasn't a sleazebag. Just that the impeachment was based on lies and distortions.

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