Clancy‘s lawyer is not stupid. He’s got to know that the president cannot pardon a state crime. So what’s his play here?
Perhaps he’s trying to goad Trump into saying something outrageous, something that will “taint the jury pool”.
Or doing the bidding of the Democrats figuring it will rile up women against Republicans in the midterms if the President says anything against Clancy.
True. He is conniving and crafty, using his intelligence to do evil.
That has long been a trait of demonically influenced humans. The mother who would kill her own innocent little children and the sneaky and confident lawyer who works to get her off. Both evidence of the influence.
Reddington is trying to get publicity, he loves the spotlight. He’s hoping to get TV talk show invites. He’s typical scum bottom feeder.
I Read somewhere here on FR that Presidents at one time did pardon state crimes. President Trump did Pardon Tina Peterson and the Colorado Governor followed by Pardoning or communing her sentence. This probably means that he and the Ds did not want a challenge of the pardon being sent to the SC.
Perhaps he’s trying to goad Trump into saying something outrageous, something that will “taint the jury pool”.
This.
“Perhaps he’s trying to goad Trump into saying something outrageous, something that will “taint the jury pool”.”
That is my thought precisely. “Hell, Judge, Trump just announced how evil this woman is and therefore we would never be able to find an objective jury.”