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▲ falsemyrmidon 6 hours ago

Yeah, it's just potentially a little light treason, what could go wrong

▲NetMageSCW an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Treason has a legal definition, you don’t just get to call behavior you don’t like treason.

▲alt227 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, pretty small potatoes compared to the current US president.

▲hn_submit 5 hours ago | parent [-]

But the President is an untouchable. Huang isn't.

Trump will get away with everything he's done. Rubio, Vance, Kennedy and Hegseth won't.

▲hackmack10 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Trump will pardon every one of those people on the way out.

▲hn_submit 3 hours ago | parent [-]

They'll get indicted after he's left office. He can't pardon retroactively.

▲nemomarx 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I don't think it's been tested yet, technically?

https://www.criminallawlibraryblog.com/preemptive-pardons-co...

▲deltoidmaximus 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Trump will get away with everything he's done. Rubio, Vance, Kennedy and Hegseth won't.

Well, there's a first time for everything I guess. Trump can just pardon them in return for a bribe after all.

▲pphysch 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The current chair of the House Foreign Affairs committee proudly wears a foreign military's uniform on Capitol Hill, so probably nothing.