[kwisatzh]

He’ll get pardoned. It’s a Thiel company.

[hnburnsy]

Counter point, Mark Cuban is an investor.

[galleywest200]

Accepting a presidential pardon requires an admission of guilt. Would being a confirmed criminal aide them in business in any way?

[kwisatzh]

Public perception of what it means to be convicted has shifted with this election. Thiel of all people wouldn’t care if he is doing business with someone who is convicted, as long as they continue to make him money and push whatever agenda Thiel has.

[allie1]

For a crypto based business for something that crypto enthusiasts wouldn't consider a crime, probably would help.

[janalsncm]

If the alternative is prison, yes.

[stickfigure]

Incorrect. A pardon does require a conviction, however. And it will probably never get that far.

[JumpCrisscross]

> A pardon does require a conviction, however

No.

"The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment" [1]. Everything after that is, at best, case law.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_...

[Invictus0]

Can't stand these sort of arrogantly wrong comments. If you're going to be snarky about it at least be right.

[CodeWriter23]

Incorrect. There is no requirement that even an indictment has occurred in the past.

[dgfitz]

"I hereby pardon you for murder. Nope, you didn't murder anyone, and you haven't been indited on murder charges!"

Technically sure, you're correct. The worst kind of correct.

[CodeWriter23]

>"I hereby pardon you for murder. Nope, you didn't murder anyone, and you haven't been indited on murder charges!"

You have a reading challenge. GP said conviction required, which is not true. You can be pardoned for something you did but nobody knows you did it.

[lesuorac]

It can backfire though, you no longer have 5th amendment privileges because you can't say anything incriminating (you're pardon'd from the crime).

So you have the take the stand and testify.

[dgfitz]

Testify to what?

[mikeyouse]

Hence how all the draft dodgers were pardoned after Vietnam.

[ARandomerDude]

How then did Ford pardon Nixon?

[bequanna]

Maybe he shouldn’t have been arrested in the first place?

[JumpCrisscross]

> he shouldn’t have been arrested in the first place?

Was he arrested? The article only mentions a search.

[jpadkins]

Have you considered that the police or prosecutors in this case may be incorrect or corrupt?

Innocent until proven guilty is a cornerstone of our civilization. We should not shame anyone who has been searched or arrested by the police.