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by oa335 68 days ago
> Unless they're absolute morons, the people doing insider trading for large sums of money will have already built a strong alibi.

My theory is they are banking on preemptive presidential pardons in Dec 2028.

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Keep in mind that preƫmptive pardons have not been upheld by the courts [1].

[1] https://www.criminallawlibraryblog.com/preemptive-pardons-co...

If that reached the supreme court however, precedent sadly might not matter too much.