Posted on 11/11/2016 1:27:57 PM PST by jonatron
The White House refused to rule out Wednesday whether President Obama might grant a pardon to Hillary Clinton to spare her from President-elect Donald Trump prosecuting her after he takes office.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Mr. Obama is hopeful that Mr. Trump will follow long-standing tradition of not punishing political opponents through the criminal-justice system. He said all clemency actions go through a formal process, and that will remain in place until the end of Mr. Obamas presidency in January.
The president has offered clemency to a substantial number of Americans who were previously serving time in federal prisons, Mr. Earnest said. We didnt talk in advance about those decisions.
He said Mrs. Clinton has worked very hard over a long period of time, and we owe her a major debt for her service to our country.
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That was a Godfather type kiss.
The Dems paid the ultimate price for riding the coat tails of their scandal-plagued candidate. Serves them right! Hillary was channeling Jim Jones and her followers blindly drank her Kool-Aid. We deserve this time of joy!
Well behind the scenes he should be told if he does we are coming after you, make a choice
Absolutely. No comments to the press or tweets on the matter.
“background birth certificate lies”
Which would void the pardons.
you
STOP IT!
he can grand blanket pardon without charges or indictment
He can pardon her for crimes she has not yet found...see sand read fully Ford pardon of Nixon
I would say there is a 99% chance that Mr. Obama will give her a blanket pardon to cover her for anything that may have occurred during her tenure as Secretary of State and/or perhaps the entire time he was President.
**White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Mr. Obama is hopeful that Mr. Trump will follow long-standing tradition of not punishing political opponents through the criminal-justice system.**
It’s not about punishing a political opponent.
Unless there is something I don’t know about, everything else was judgement calls and she could have just made an error. (Or, at least, that’s what they’ll say) But the email thing that was closed Nov 6 was the only investigation that possessed criminal intent per federal government. The Clinton Foundation possibles are for civil at this point as I don’t think the feds are doing anything about that, yet. And I hope she gets nailed there, too.
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Rumor has it that Charles Manson and the remaining members of his murderous cult are applying to Obama for a presidential pardon on the grounds that they only killed a few more people than Hillary did at Benghazi.
Makes sense to me if you think like a Democrat.
To #47 and #47.
A “blanket pardon”. Didn’t know you could pardon inanimate things. Well, you learn something new every day.
Re “A stain on a stain is still a stain”. Who said that, “Monica Lewinsky”?
It’s important to remember, that these cretins lie to EVERYONE.
He’s going to lie to her so she won’t spill the beans about HIM before he has a chance to fade away... and won’t ruin his chances for UN roles.
These dems have no honor, even between themselves. Lest not forget what their treatment of Joe Leiberman showed us.
He better pardon himself as well because he sent classified info to that server
“When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you - you know your nation is doomed.” - Ayn Rand.
The MSM’s problem with Nixon isn’t that he wouldn’t admit guilt, because under the law he did. The MSM’s problem with Nixon is that he wouldn’t acknowledge the moral superiority of the New York Times/Washington Post/Walter Cronkite cabal and grovel before them.
And today’s MSM and legal pundits omit mention of Ex Parte Garland because they want to preserve their illusion that Ford’s pardon of Nixon was somehow illegitimate.
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