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PatSeg

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15. Yes, most but not all
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 07:26 PM
20 hrs ago

Sure, some will slip through the cracks, but there will be plenty more who will be held legally accountable. We saw that after Trump's first term, but then he got back into office and pardoned everyone and their cat. Of course, it didn't help that Merrick Garland dragged his feet for so long.

You know, I've never forgotten Gerald Ford pardoning Richard Nixon. We may not remember every single transgression (god, there are so many), but we will remember a large number, if not most of them. As long as republicans and MAGA don't regain power, we can expect that there will be plenty of prosecutors and organizations ready to go after this administration. As angry as people were after TFG's first term, there are much more this time and they are even angrier.

This happened after World War II. Of course, not everyone was tried and convicted, but there was an organized effort to prosecute as many as possible. Eventually the world wanted to get back to normal and move on.

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