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Originally Posted by Mike Mercury
Trump is savy. He may be saying this to make Obama really look bad (if O'turd issues Hillary a pardon).
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In some respects, it would be a strange sort of positive if Obama pardoned Hilliary before he left office. For one thing, people who are innocent don't need pardons. That's almost as good as an admission of guilt on Hillary's part, which we know we're never going to see. Hilliary's media machine painted all the accusations as Republican muck-raking but a pardon from Obama will lend legitimacy to charges that she's thoroughly corrupt. Also, it would be a big stain on Obama's legacy. He's supported Hilliary but mostly avoided getting caught in the gears over her corruption. Issuing a pardon, however, implies that he knows there is something to pardon and basically makes him an accessory to that corruption. He becomes the President who knowingly supported, and covered for, a corrupt candidate for the country's highest office. It also supports Trump's comments regarding the system being corrupted and self-interested parties scratching each other's backs in the name of keeping themselves in power.