Re : Post #12 ~ Good post -
“I believe that win or lose, Obama will issue a blanket pardon of Hillary (a la Ford’s pardon of Nixon). In Nixon’s case, there had been no convictions or indictments. It covered any crimes that he might have committed during his presidency.”
Yes, I had forgotten how that worked for Nixon.
One question: could a blanket pardon apply to all the RICO violations of the Clinton Foundation?
That technically has nothing to do with her time as SoS..
Yes, a good post on the topic.
BO will make the case it is all a political witch hunt and grant a blanket pardon. The elites on both sides of the aisle and the media will go along with it. He will be protecting himself in the process. HRC will grant him the same if she wins and his crimes come to light. That would protect her as well. They all rise or fall together.
The timing of the FBI’s announcements smells much more like the director negotiating for his pay off, or it is all orchestrated by the Dems as a Hail Mary to distract the electorate for the last few days before the election.
Yes, he can use the Ford language — “any crimes she may have committed” — and leave it at that. That would cover the waterfront.