[PeterPrinciple]

After the election the consequences will no longer exist.

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There are always consequences.

There appear to be few rules regarding pardons. The Founding Fathers left it to the marketplace and elections/revolutions.

How will the people react to a pardon of Hunter. Place your bets.

[Robert DeLong]

Only if the Republicans recapture both Houses of Congress by veto proof margins, which is unlikely.

Otherwise, I need to you to lay out those consequences you see, that I don't see.