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ropejumper01/22/20251 replyview on HN

With a full pardon it's as if he never did anything in the first place.


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WrongAssumption01/22/2025

That’s an expungement, which is not a power the president has. He can grant a pardon, which is forgiveness, but does not erase that a crime was committed.

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