Rep Glenn Ivey has to inform Blanche that the Constitution doesn't permit Trump to grant pardons in exchange for payment

[Miles Archer]

Aaron Rupar
‪@atrupar.com‬
BLANCHE: Who the president chooses to pardon is not a problem, period

IVEY: What's the legal basis for that statement?

BLANCHE: The Constitution

IVEY: The Constitution does not give him the authority to pardon in exchange for payments. It does not permit bribery

BLANCHE: Who the president chooses to pardon is not a problem, period

IVEY: What's the legal basis for that statement?

BLANCHE: The Constitution

IVEY: The Constitution does not give him the authority to pardon in exchange for payments. It does not permit bribery

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-02T21:09:15.116Z

[Omnipresent]

1. All those times in court with trump farting, must have killed off alot of Blanche's brain cells.

[paleotn]

7. He didn't have many to start with

The stupidity of Donnie brown nosers is one thing we’ve got going for us and the country

[crud]

2. If the pardon is made to cover up a crime by the potus...

it is obstruction of justice and also against the constitution. At least that is what I thought until tRump.

[sop]

14. Arguably, Trump's IRS "immunity" agreement is a "pardon" for his and his family's multiple, years-long tax crimes,

issued in exchange for a very large sum of money (Trump withdrawing his $10 billion suit), ordered by Trump's personal defense attorney (Acting AG Blanche), at Trump's request.

Essentially, Trump is paying himself to pardon himself. The corruption never ends.

[Safe as Milk]

3. It's a matter of time...

before Blanche loses his license to practice law. ETTD.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Technically, sadly, Ivey is wrong and Blanche is right

Bribery is indeed both a crime and an impeachable offence, but Trump could take money and pardon someone, and that pardon cannot be questioned or reversed.

He could even be convicted of bribery and imprisoned, and the pardon would still stand.

[progressoid]

9. Thanks SCOTUS

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. On this particular issue, the Roberts court is not the villain

It’s the founding fathers, who didn’t foresee the possibility that a cowardly partisan Congress would refuse to remove such a corrupt president, and so they gave the president broad, unlimited pardon power for federal crimes.

The Roberts court’s immunity ruling wouldn’t protect Trump from prison for taking bribes for pardons if he could be convicted.

[Firestorm49]

5. What? Now? Sorry boys, too late.

[NBachers]

6. Bad Memories of Spiro Agnew

[Hieronymus Phact]

8. lets not forget, nor allow anyone else to forget

Accepting A Pardon is an admission of guilt. It's a "get-out-of-jail card" it's not a get-out-from-being-guilty-of-the-crime card.

[calimary]

10. EXCELLENT point!!!

[Deep State Witch]

11. Wow, Ivey Actually DID Something!

He's my rep. I'm not happy with him because he's a corporate Dem who takes money from AIPAC. I'm debating whether to vote to keep him in office or vote for a challenger. The person that I know who is running dropped out.

[Ponietz]

13. I think this is all a distraction created to keep the Epstein files out of the headlines

The more outrageous the lie, the greater its value, paraphrasing Joseph Goebbels. And something truly, truly outrageous was needed after bombing Iran fizzled out.

Can’t we figure this out and stop buying their feints?

[Aviation Pro]

15. "I very much disagree."

I very much think that you’re a piece of shit and skipped ethics day at law school, you worthless, fucking oxygen thief.