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Former New York City mayor ordered to report to court after date passed to surrender valuables as part of $148m defamation judgement

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[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Odds that he's stalling for a pardon?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

He lost a civil lawsuit, not a criminal prosecution, so there's no crime to pardon. The rule of law just got flushed down the shitter, though, so who the fuck knows?

Ooohhhh gotcha. Didn't pay enough attention to know the difference. Here's to hoping it still stands in 3 months