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ceejayoz 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenAI says it has evidence DeepSeek used its mode...

The President can only pardon Federal crimes.

State-level crimes (like his NY felonies) and civil torts (like his case where he owes $500M currently) are separate.

actionfromafar 4 months ago [–]

Yet. Give it some time.

ceejayoz 4 months ago | [–]

Sure, but in that scenario, it's a bit like the Last of Us characters being concerned about electrical meter readings. We'll have much bigger problems.

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