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Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by amazingamazing on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:29PM (#43007274)
presidents can't pardon state crimes
Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by enema_bag_jones on Monday February 10, 2025 @07:59PM (#43007594)
What about criminal use of punctuation? :)
Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by CursedSilicon on Monday February 10, 2025 @09:44PM (#43008358)
I believe Word Crimes are Weird Al's jurisdiction [1]

[1] https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc?si=GLlj48cMtoKYVCRP

Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by verve_rat on Monday February 10, 2025 @11:00PM (#43008793)
Although... 4D chess move, if a state starts prosecution against Musk, get the DoJ to do it first and then pardon him after the fact.

Double jeopardy would stop the state from continuing with the prosecution, and the pardon means no consequences.

I hate that I consider this an actually possibly.

Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by slavik81 on Monday February 10, 2025 @11:21PM (#43008932)
You can be tried by both the state and the federal government for the same conduct, and it is not double jeopardy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_v._United_States

Re:Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4B Bid for Control of OpenAI by lowmagnet on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @10:46AM (#43014182)
Yes a superseding indictment would be all it takes. Charge him with something at the state level that doesn't have a federal equivalent. He reincorporated in Texas because of it's corruption friendliness, so that's unlikely.