Trump may have inadvertently issued mass pardon for 2020 voter fraud, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/trump-voter-fraud-pardon
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Trump may have inadvertently issued mass pardon for 2020 voter fraud, experts say
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/25/trump-voter-fraud-pardon
@jeffjarvis unsurprisingly that is bad.
One effect of #pardons by name (and with sufficient identifying detail) is that a #list of #criminals * is thus published, and the citizens and others can make #future decisions in knowledge of it.
It might not always be bad, but for rare and repeatable offences it seems wise and proportionate.
* Which might include some extras, but a list
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