US Presidential Pardons
Discussions center on the feasibility, legality, and political use of U.S. presidential pardons for figures like Snowden, historical cases like Nixon, and recent examples involving Trump and Biden.
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What about a presidential pardon?
Why not all sorts of rich scoundrels get pardoned once a president leaves
That's what pardons are for.
Presidential pardon is not out of the question for someone of his profile
He hasn't been convicted of anything. Can't pardon someone without something to pardon them of.
In the case of Ford's pardon of Nixon, the pardon covered "any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president," as Wikipedia currently has it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_NixonAs the entry goes on to state, that was controversial, but it worked. So it should be able to work in a case like this as well.
Seems like a non-story, why wouldn't trump simply pardon them? These would be some of the more obvious pardons to hand out, and there's clearly no longer a precedent by either party to hand out pardons sparingly.
can he do that? pardon someone that hasn't been apprehended nor trialed yet?
Wouldn't a pardon only apply to current charges?
is it legal to offer presidential pardons on condition of the person doing something unrelated to the offence?