Trump personally benefits from pardoning Flynn, so the pardon is an abuse of power.

Abusing power is when you use the powers and privileges of your office for self-enrichment, and to subvert the national interests in favor of your own personal interests.

Sound familiar?

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https://nbcnews.com/politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry/read-articles-impeachment-against-president-donald-trump-n1099021

Being">https://nbcnews.com/politics/... able to pardon associates who commit crimes, or co-conspirators, or a person who is lying to shield the president is (to say the least) deeply problematic.

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This is a misunderstanding:
https://twitter.com/n1xnx/status/1331717924042797060

The">https://twitter.com/n1xnx/sta... "except in cases of impeachment" is understood by constitutional scholars to mean that a pardon can& #39;t undo or stop an impeachment: A pardon can& #39;t restore the standing of someone who has been impeached and removed.

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A pardon doesn& #39;t require an admission of guilt to go into effect.

It also does not expunge a person& #39;s record.

The conviction remains. The pardon simply says that the person has been forgiven and will not be punished.

https://twitter.com/HeadhunterSully/status/1331719516770996225

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Alexander Hamilton said the purpose of the pardon power was to mitigate the cruelty of criminal punishments in “unfortunate” cases. (Federalists papers 74)

Fact: 18th century punishments included stuff like hanging, branding, whipping, without "easy access to exceptions.”

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