TOO DUMB TO CHECK: CLANCY DEFENSE ATTORNEY BEGS FOR PARDON FROM … TRUMP?

Where did [Kevin] Reddington go to law school? Where did he go to high school, for that matter? Presidents can only issue pardons for federal crimes, not for state crimes. Clancy has been charged and will be tried again by the state of Massachusetts in state court, not by the Department of Justice in federal court. Trump has no jurisdiction over this case, which anyone who paid attention in high school civics class would already know. Reddington actually charges clients money for legal representation and apparently has no grasp on the concept of jurisdiction.

If Reddington wants a pardon, he’d have to apply for it with Governor Maura Healey, not with Trump. And while Healey won’t touch this case with a ten-foot pole either – she has better political instincts than to stop the prosecution of a woman who murdered her three children – Healey’s a lot more likely to have some sympathy for Clancy than Trump. It’s not clear why Reddington would think Trump prefers to see criminals go free, but Reddington may have paid as much attention to Trump as he did in civics class.

Reddington has had quite run with the Clancy case: Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer bashed America’s juries — and battered another pillar of justice.