Former President Donald Trump on Thursday formally notified the judge overseeing the Georgia election subversion case that he “may” try to move his state case into federal court.
That’s only true if he can pardon himself for the election interference. That’s not going to happen unless they move the case to federal court.
That wouldn’t work either. The first step in a pardon is that the person convicted has to admit guilt to trying to steal the election. If he straight up admits guilt that’s clearly a Fourteenth Amendment violation.
This is a common misconception. While a pardon does mean some things (like removing your ability to plead the 5th in relation to the related case), it remains very disputed whether it constitutes an admission of guilt:
That’s only true if he can pardon himself for the election interference. That’s not going to happen unless they move the case to federal court.
That wouldn’t work either. The first step in a pardon is that the person convicted has to admit guilt to trying to steal the election. If he straight up admits guilt that’s clearly a Fourteenth Amendment violation.
This is a common misconception. While a pardon does mean some things (like removing your ability to plead the 5th in relation to the related case), it remains very disputed whether it constitutes an admission of guilt:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burdick_v._United_States#:~:text=Although the Supreme Court’s opinion,by the recipient is disputed.