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Why bother reporting this - it's obviously happening and it's obvious that nothing is going to happen about it.
This administration highlights why the pardon provisions of the constitution need amendment.
Given the scope of all government officials it should just be the case that you cannot trade individual equities, stocks or have any outside investments wholesale. Otherwise how could you stop it? It’s not like when you work at big co and you just stop trading their stock. You get access to information that clearly will be material potentially months in advance.
How about we start with congress and see how that goes? Been a point of discussion for a long, long time and politicians do not seem to be interested in regulating themselves at all.
Those should fix most of the problems with time.
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What does that have to do with the Trump admin?
So it's worthwhile to note that both major political parties believe this is acceptable.
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Why does making this rule matter? The pardon makes it all irrelevant.
My hot take is that the presidential pardon will be eliminated in our lifetime.
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My hot take is that the presidential pardon will be eliminated in our lifetime.
I suspect in the aftermath of this administration, the power of the President as a whole is going to be massively stripped back.
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My hot take is that the presidential pardon will be eliminated in our lifetime.
I suspect in the aftermath of this administration, the power of the President as a whole is going to be massively stripped back.
Despite the apathy of Americans, I continue to have hope that there will be consequences for all recent and past actions. It's unfortunate that recent events are only the tip of the iceberg, too many to even remember.