Posted on 10/29/2017 3:23:28 PM PDT by Mariner
With the first indictment looming from the federal Trump-Russia investigation, President Donald Trump is getting a reminder: His pardoning pardons can’t fix everything.
“I don't think the president's power is all that absolute, as people have been suggesting,” California Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC News’ “This Week” Sunday.
“The president cannot pardon people if it's an effort to obstruct justice, if it's an effort to prevent Bob Mueller and others from learning about the President's own conduct. So, there are limitations.”
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who has been investigating the Trump campaign’s potential Russia ties, is expected to unseal his first criminal charges as early as Monday.
Schiff said he has not been told who will be hit by the indictments, but he believes based on press reports that it will either be former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort or former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Both men resigned from their positions after controversy over their ties to foreign governments, which Mueller has been scrutinizing.
If Trump tries to pardon whoever faces charges, he could several major hurdles.
The Constitution allows the president broad powers to pardon people for “Offenses against the United States." There is no precedent for a sitting president pardoning people tied to his campaign, as will likely be the case for Mueller’s debut indictment.
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“If Trump tries to pardon whoever faces charges, he could several major hurdles.”
One again proving that modern liberal journalist’s can’t even write.
That guy dont know schiff.
Heh.
ah, like Marc Rich...whose wife gave Clinton millions after the pardon.
Thank God Mary Jo White stepped down from investigating the pardon, turning the investigation over to: wait for it....wait for it....Jim Comey.
Adam Schniff should wear his undersized shiny purple plastic cowboy hat so he can blend in with the rest of the Democrat brain trust.
The Adam Repulsiveness Rating = 9.9
“The President’s power to pardon is absolute. The constitution places no check on it.”
There is a very firm check on the president’s ability to pardon, they can impeach, convict and remove the president from office.
That is however, the only check that exists.
His prosecuting powers wouldn’t be limited. He will be able to prosecute a war against very nearby enemies if necessary.
Who would have “standing” to get the case to the Supreme Court? My theory is that no one would be able to show a legally protectible and tangible interest at stake to bring the case. It appears the only recourse would be through Congressional impeachment and removal.
Schiff’s an F-ing idiot. Prez pardon IS absolute for Fed crimes.
“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so. “ —— RonaldReagan
The limit is that it must be a federal offense
So what gives? Was chess master Putin, trying to get a cozy relationship with a Republican who could get him access to a future Presidential candidate in the 2016 election?
Hardly.
Is Mueller trying to get any dirt he can and use it to threaten (aka Blackmail) people close to Trump so they will say anything Mueller wants them to say? Possibly.
We shall learn more in the coming weeks.
This could be the start of a Deep State civil war.
“The president cannot pardon people if it’s an effort to obstruct justice”
Tell that to Ford.
Tell that to Clinton.
Tell that to Obama.
Trump can pardon anyone for any federal crime. Period. The Constitution does not put limits on his power.
All of Clinton's last-minute pardons were probably done to obstruct justice, so, guess what? Thanks Mariner.
Any trial of this nature in a federal court would be a prosecution of a crime against the United States.
And, no, the president’s ability to pardon is unlimited.
I doubt that Trump will pardon Mueller.
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