Posted on 11/09/2016 3:19:57 PM PST by EinNYC
The White House isnt ruling out the possibility of Hillary Clinton receiving a last-minute pardon from President Obama even though she hasnt been charged with a crime.
Asked at Wednesdays press briefing whether Obama had considered utilizing his unique executive power, press secretary Josh Earnest was cryptic.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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2. Federal convictions onlyUnder the Constitution, only federal criminal convictions, such as those adjudicated in the United States District Courts, may be pardoned by the President. In addition, the President's pardon power extends to convictions adjudicated in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and military court-martial proceedings. However, the President cannot pardon a state criminal offense. Accordingly, if you are seeking clemency for a state criminal conviction, you should not complete and submit this petition. Instead, you should contact the Governor or other appropriate authorities of the state where you reside or where the conviction occurred (such as the state board of pardons and paroles) to determine whether any relief is available to you under state law. If you have a federal conviction, information about the conviction may be obtained from the clerk of the federal court where you were convicted.
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardon-information-and-instructions
> I’ll even accept a pardon of Hillary if she, Bill, and Chelsea shut down the Foundation and disappear, forever —
Exactly what I was thinking. Look for an announcement over the next couple of months that the Clinton foundation is being rolled into something else because Bill and Hillary are having “health ruble’s” and want to spend more time together as a family.
Read the proclamation: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=4696
Google is an amazing thing.
Many foundation crimes are state or international where Obama has non jurisdiction
An Obama pardon would be as much a curse as benefit because it would expose the Clinton crimes and piss off the American public
The Clinton's are tied to criminals all over the world.
The Clintons just cost a lot of very bad people a lot of money
These very bad people do not enjoy being investigated and they have already made Clinton problem people assume room temperature
And none of this has happened with Hillary, right? And if/when it does happen, Obama will have been long since gone. Apples and oranges.
Unless Obama pardons her for any law that she might have broken during her whole life. Kind of silly but maybe I am missing your point.
Ford did it for Nixon so there’s precedent.
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