Poll: Pence will be pressured to pardon Trump, his kids, and his criminal associates

[steve2470]

just curious. If you think this is a waste of time, etc...feel free to move on.

The poll is based on the assumption that Trump resigns so Pence can pardon him. If Trump refuses to resign, then of course the poll is moot.

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	Yes
	7 (64%)
	No
	1 (9%)
	Pence will struggle against it but Trump will blackmail him and/or browbeat him into it
	3 (27%)
	Other, which includes every conceivable option in the universe
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[FreepFryer]

1. Trump would have to resign first, because Pence isn't president-elect. Biden is.

And the pardon power would be his, not Pence’s, were Trump not to resign.

[steve2470]

2. true

My question is predicated on the assumption that he would resign in order to get Pence to pardon him. He very well might refuse to resign and take the risk of a self-pardon.

[KewlKat]

3. Trump will NOT resign. He will pardon himself and all the others he wants to protect

He will push his pardoning himself to the limit as that’s what he does. No one in the GOP will push back...they haven’t so far. They are all spineless cowards or complicit. He will continue to try to overturn the election in plain site and again...no one within HIS party will object.

[Freddie]

4. Trump will not resign

His precious ego will not allow this. He will literally have to be carried out of the WH.

[LuvNewcastle]

7. I hope they mace him first.

That's what they would do to anyone else who was trespassing; they would mace them and then they would cuff them and drag them off.

[Freddie]

9. That would be delightful

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Voted No

Even sticking with your assumption that PINO takes his ball & goes home.
Pence has ambitions toward the Senate.
Pardoning PINO & his family for crimes they "may have" committed (like Ford's pardon of Nixon) will be a political millstone if investigations turn up sufficient evidence.
He might still win in Indiana, but he come to D.C. with zero clout.
A former VP (& governor) with no influence?
He pardons PINO, those ambitions are toast.

[beachbumbob]

6. the only reason to resign is to have pardons granted but no pardon is going to keep trump and his

people from prosecution for criminal acts committed prior to Jan 20, 2017 that are now not under indictment

[blitzen]

8. If Pence were smart, he'd agree to the deal and then not do the pardon. n/t

[BlueJac]

10. Trump will try to pardon himself.