Breaking: Steve Bannon Surrenders to SDNY Authorities in Latest Harassment Case - Related to Build the Wall Project that He Alre...
On Thursday Former Chief Strategist for President Trump, Steve Bannon, traveled to New York City today and turned himself in after was indicted on new junk charges by unhinged New York officials. New York prosecutors are too busy going after Trump official...
Double indemnity?
My understanding is that these are state charges, to which a federal (presidential) pardon is irrelevant.
State charges and federal charges are two separate things, legally (even if the same conduct by the defendant violated both laws), so the double jeopardy clause does not apply.
Presidential pardons do not apply to state charges (which makes sense) - the Governors of each state can pardon people for state crimes.
Also, the headline is wrong - SDNY (typically an abbreviation for the US Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York) is a federal prosecutorial agency, he surrendered to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, which is the state equivalent.
It's "double jeapordy," and no. And he did it, right?
Pardoned at the federal level not state
I gave money to that cause and got two big beautiful sections of wall for it. I wish they'd knock it off already, fuck NY, bunch of fucking pussies at the Sdny. I am very happy with how they spent my money.
More Gateway Pundit porn.