New York moves to ensure Trump pardons can't nix state charges

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A presidential pardon won't be enough to clear someone associated with the commander-in-chief of similar state charges under legislation approved by New York state lawmakers Tuesday.

The bill, which now moves to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, revises the exceptions to the state's double jeopardy law in an effort to ensure the state's ongoing investigations into the Republican president and his associates can't be derailed by a White House pardon.

Republicans argued the bill is a partisan attack on Trump and accused Democrats of trying to rewrite the law to prepare for hypothetical pardons that may never be issued. “We're trying to root out corruption and abuse of presidential power,” said Assemblyman Joe Lentol, D-Brooklyn.

 

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