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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 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Odds that he's stalling for a pardon?

[–] grue 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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?

[–] benignintervention 6 points 2 months ago

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