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Well... let's say the reputation of the Texas AG is more than a little stained by that stunt. I think the skepticism is well deserved.

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Texas, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah also signed the effort to overturn the election results of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (who are all absent from this action).

The overlap is interesting, IMO.

The AG of Texas is an indicted fraudster whose deputies keep quitting as whistleblowers alleging further crimes, and the FBI is investigating him for bribery.

The election stunt is a pretty obvious play for a pardon from Trump.

Can pardons be given prior to conviction?

Edit: According to NBC News, POTUS can pre-emptively issue a pardon.

[0] - https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/could-trump-pa...

Maybe so, but I wouldn't be surprised if it earned him brownie points from fervent Trump supporters. It may even get him re-elected by those supporters, assuming he isn't indicted...

You mean indicted again? He's been indicted on five counts of felony securities fraud for five years and is still being prosecuted.

Ah I didn't know that he's already currently under indictment. Today I learned...

But yes, if he has something that he can point to when re-election time comes around and say "Look, I tried to help Trump out" then it will probably guarantee him votes.

I'm a Texas resident and didn't know he had already been indicted. But I tend to vote Libertarian for local and state positions so I didn't really look too much into his background.

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