• NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml
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    10 months ago

    Loosely, yes. At least for federal prisons. He has pardon power and can appoint the department heads for the DoJ and FBI.

    I'd say Putin bears minimally that much responsibility in this case as well.

    Either way, I wouldn't mourn an American nationalist dying in prison, and neither will I for a Russian nationalist.