Summary
A senior FEMA official froze grant funding despite a federal judge’s order to resume payments.
Stacey Street, FEMA’s Grant Administration director, emailed subordinates to freeze awards in an urgent email just after the judge’s order.
The freeze affected programs for emergency preparedness, homeland security, firefighting, church security, and tribal safety.
Trump called for FEMA’s termination, criticizing its aid distribution. The White House defended Trump’s executive authority, rejecting court injunctions as politically motivated.
Wait, why not? If words gets to Trump that Musk will be charged with a crime, Trump can give him a preemptive pardon - something that has yet to be challenged as unconstitutional.
At that point, the point is moot. The process is bypassed, is it not? Musk can start participating but there would be no other consequences
There is nothing to pardon, it’s just contempt of court.
Elon gets put in jail for contempt of court. Trump pardons him for crimes. Elon starts to cooperate and gets out of jail. The case is over because Trump pardoned him.
There is no case, the case already happened. The court issued a decision, they ignored, so then they are in contempt. There’s no crime to litigate, they can leave jail whenever they decide to comply. If they reneg, haul their asses back.
Preemptive pardons have been upheld, if by “preemptive” you mean “pardoning charges have not yet been brought for an act that has occurred in the past.” If you mean pardons for future acts, that’s a whole different kettle of fish, and even the bought-and-paid-for Supreme Court might not buy that line of bullshit.