I could be wrong on this, but it is my understanding that the current indictment is for crimes committed under NY state law. A resulting conviction would not be subject to presidential pardon - that only applies to federal convictions. And the NY governor may or may not be inclined toward offering up a pardon.

Interesting ... was not aware of that. 

Frankly, me neither, until I read something about it this week.

Waiting with baited breath for bearish' upcoming mug shots [$]^{(*)}[$].

[$]{(*)}[$] of you know who

I call that out as bear-baiting

I call that out as bear-baiting

I could be wrong on this, but it is my understanding that the current indictment is for crimes committed under NY state law. A resulting conviction would not be subject to presidential pardon - that only applies to federal convictions. And the NY governor may or may not be inclined toward offering up a pardon.

Interesting ... was not aware of that. 

 But, on the other hand ...
  The President Can Pardon Trump (wsj opinion -- Vivek Ramaswamy)

Well, I didn’t quite take the trouble to read it, but between who wrote it and where it was published, it’s a pretty good bet that it’s garbage.

Which neatly summarizes the current state of US politics.

 But, on the other hand ...
  The President Can Pardon Trump (wsj opinion -- Vivek Ramaswamy)

He's thoroughly wrong, and I wonder how it is he has a law degree.

The argument is, basically, (a) Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg brought felony charges against Dumpster for falsifying business records in furtherance of other crimes; (b) absent the "in furtherance of other crimes," the charges would be misdemeanors for which the statute of limitations has expired; (c) the "other crimes" are all violations of federal campaign finance laws; (d) a President can pardon any federal crimes, including federal campaign finance crimes; (e) a Presidential pardon makes it as if the original crime had never been committed, as far as the law is concerned; (f) viz, a Presidential pardon of campaign finance crimes would eliminate the "in furtherance of other crimes" aspect of the felony charges, making them misdemeanors for which the statute of limitations has expired and the charges could not be brought.

So there are obvious critical points here: is the only "other crime" a violation of federal campaign finance laws (or other federal laws); even if the "it never happened" interpretation of the effect of a Presidential pardon holds water -- a dubious assumption -- is New York State bound by it; and even if New York State is bound by it, does it not matter that the intent behind the falsification of business records was to facilitate violating federal campaign finance laws ... even if such violations "never happened" in the eyes of the law?

The first truck to drive through this nonsense is that a violation of the New York State law against fraud was also "furthered" by the falsified business records, by way of deceiving voters about the moral character of a candidate for political office.

Anyway, Ramaswamy is clearly just trying to get himself some attention, and the WSJ is assisting him in that pursuit, probably out of their own interest in promoting the notion that the Trumpublican Party is fully welcoming to WOGs.

35.000 NYPD staff 
Who foots the bill?
Seems Trump is yugely popular with NYPD and NYFD.

Trump's Bar and Restaurant

http://places.singleplatform.com/trumps ... nu_5130673

A funny thing about the new list of Americans banned from entering Russia is that it contains at least three people whose only link to Russia is that they are considered enemies of Trump.

I think I'll start calling it the "Trumprussican Party."