(December 2, 2020 at 5:15 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(December 2, 2020 at 5:05 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Ford did it for Nixon, so it probably wouldn’t be an issue.
Boru
That was one president doing for a former president. And a president that stepped away from the office instead of hanging around inciting more crap. It's a bit different that Trump wants this all in place to protect his kids who are in honorary positions. There must be something they need pardoning from.
Yes, it’s a bit different (but only a very little bit), but a president can pardon anyone he wants to for any reason, or for no reason at all.
But I was specifically addressing the question as to whether pardons can be granted pre-emptively. The pardon for Nixon would seem to establish a precedent that they can.
Boru
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