Jason Riddle says he rejected pardon because ‘it happened. I did those things, and they weren’t pardonable’

  • LukeZaz@beehaw.org
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    5 days ago

    ordinarily is granted in recognition of the applicant’s acceptance of responsibility for the crime

    Emphasis mine. Trump is not “recognizing acceptance of responsibility,” he outright thinks what they did was good. Accepting his help is to all but say “I did nothing wrong.” You should know that; the people who refused the pardons sure did.

    Maybe they don’t deserve whatever rights they’ve given up on that basis alone.

    That sure is one hell of a nasty statement.

    • CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work
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      Trump is not “recognizing acceptance of responsibility,” he outright thinks what they did was good.

      Lol so what?

      Accepting his help is to all but say “I did nothing wrong.”

      How? Is it not possible to accept a pardon while admitting culpability and accepting responsibility? To say that it isn’t in to contradict the explanation I found on the justice.gov site.

      That sure is one hell of a nasty statement.

      Like I said, the January Sixthers are all morons. These pardon refusers are just the least sympathetic of them. So many people hope and pray for a pardon everyday. It’s incredibly selfish to reject one.