anyone who accepted them are criminals

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Does "them" in the phrase "anyone who accepted them are criminals" refer back to "those pardons"?

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BillW wrote:

Don't feel like getting into the details; but, looks like theRump has just screwed the pooch! He has definitely proven that his campaign for the 2016 Presidency was a criminal activity. By handing all those pardons, he has given prima facie evidence that anyone who accepted them are criminals. Neat, even though most of their crimes were priviously proven.

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[+5] - Walter Hinteler - 12/26/2020"Pardon" comes from a vulgar-Latin ("perdonare") loan-translation of the Old High German [i]firgeban[/i] ("to forgive", "to give but also "to poison")).

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Yes. "Them" refers to "those pardons".

He is saying that accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt.

His claim is incorrect, but that is what he is claiming.

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@BillW, is this explanation of oralloy acceptable to you?

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@oristarA,

I'm sure he doesn't agree with my assessment that he is incorrect.

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@oralloy,

oralloy wrote:

I'm sure he doesn't agree with my assessment that he is incorrect.

I think this comment of yours is off topic.

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@oristarA,

A pardon means you should not have been found guilty in the first place.

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@Dr Sliptinschit,

"Pardon" comes from a vulgar-Latin ("perdonare") loan-translation of the Old High German firgeban ("to forgive", "to give but also "to poison")).

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anyone who accepted them are criminals

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