re: #135 Targetpractice

Well, to address the last first, we already know that under judicial precedent that accepting a presidential pardon is equivalent to a guilty plea, so they might be hesitant to take any pardons he’s offering.

Why? The practical consequence is no prosecution, ever. Why would any of these guys care about looking guilty? Honesty is for suckers!

As for the former, we’ve seen this happen enough times to know how it goes: Point to the guy who cuts the first deal and accuse him of being the true mastermind, claiming that the people he turned on are really victims. Then accuse the FBI of letting the “real” criminal get away.

The problems with this are that any honest FBI agents already know the people making the accusations wouldn’t give you the time of day without lying, and there might not be any honest FBI agents. And you’re making the same mistake as the Republicans did last year- the FBI doesn’t indict people.