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Originally Posted by Thomkal
Let's not forget their may be unrevealed indictments coming for him in January, and other cases in NY with his taxes that could put him and members of his family in jail for a very long time. He's going to use whatever power of the presidency he can to prevent/delay it as long as he can.
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This gets to the core of why I think he'd resign--to get a pardon.
Or (hadn't thought of this option until right now,) I suppose if he loses he could even try to cut a deal with the Biden team if he doesn't think Pence would pardon him. "Hey Joe, I'll spare the country from an ugly, messy, 2-month nightmare, be a good boy, and even tell team MAGA that the people have spoken, in return for no prosecution of me or anyone else in my family."