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To: bagster

Was Brennan pardoned as Obama left office?


708 posted on 08/22/2020 5:42:08 AM PDT by njmaugbill (Nj)
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To: njmaugbill
Was Brennan pardoned as Obama left office?

That would bring up a lot of weird legal issues. There were questions about Gerald Ford having the ability to pardon Nixon, when Nixon hadn't been charged with any crimes. It was moot, because no one pursued charges. Essentially, Ford actually said, "Don't bother bringing charges, because I'll pardon him, even if he's found guilty."

So, the ability of a president to pardon crimes before a person is charged is still an open question. In the world where law matters, a grand jury could have still recommended charges, Nixon could have been convicted, and Ford would have had to issue an actual pardon, rather than the threat of a pardon he used to explain why no one was pursuing Nixon after he was removed from office.

Obama also couldn't pardon Brennan for crimes committed after the date of the pardon.

Slide: after the revelation that "deep throat" was FBI Deputy Director Mark Felt, it was obvious that Woodward and Bernstein were functioning as stenographers, rather than reporters, and that the Washington Post was functioning as the propaganda arm of the FBI.

The deep state had Nixon out of office, and they didn't want public legal proceedings that might damage the narrative.

722 posted on 08/22/2020 6:50:08 AM PDT by Richard Kimball (WWG1WGA)
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To: njmaugbill

Have you seen a copy 0bola’s pardon of Brennan? I never saw one or even heard about one before.


849 posted on 08/22/2020 12:58:02 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the Thanks.virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.)
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To: njmaugbill
Was Brennan pardoned as Obama left office?

Wouldn't matter. It would only cover what he did up to the time of the pardon.

He did enough after to be hanged.

865 posted on 08/22/2020 1:41:45 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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