He decided to bet everything on this instead of taking the obvious escape route of resigning during the lame duck period and having President Pence give him a general pardon (Which is... one of those loopholes that we should've closed by now honestly)https://twitter.com/BrianWithCheese/status/1326384373936091136 …
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US v. Wilson (1833) apparently does say you can formally reject a pardon, although this was someone who was already convicted, sentenced and awaiting execution I'm not sure what would happen if you refused a pardon before you were even formally charged
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Well, the Susan B. Anthony Museum "rejected" Trump's pardon on her behalf, but obviously they don't have the authority to accept or reject anything on her behalf in a legal sense, and also obviously it's moot
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Hang on... I’ve got it somewhere (I was looking up something on false convictions, and the improbability of a federal conviction integrity unit.) The citations are solid.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/08/26/is-accepting-a-pardon-an-admission-of-guilt/ …
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