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To: luke1825

if Obama hints at a pardon, the Army should upgrade the charges to treason. No presidential pardon allowed for that.


2 posted on 12/20/2016 7:40:33 AM PST by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember

“if Obama hints at a pardon, the Army should upgrade the charges to treason. No presidential pardon allowed for that.”

Are you sure? Source?


3 posted on 12/20/2016 7:43:07 AM PST by Mercat (Men never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when they do it out of conscience.” (Blaise Pascal))
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To: VRWCmember

The only exception to the President’s power of pardon is “cases of impeachment”. So if he wants to pardon Bergdahl, even for treason, there is nothing anyone can do about it.


4 posted on 12/20/2016 7:45:19 AM PST by hanamizu
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