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by aexer0e 61 days ago
Pardons only stop the federal government from prosecuting someone, the states would still go after those individuals
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And in theory a future administration could do something like threaten to withhold funding to states that don’t prosecute.
Don’t worry, Trump 47 already thought of this, specifically threatening a state until the governor pardoned someone.

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-threatened...

Yep exactly, goes both ways.