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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adam schiff is the biggest political hack and liberal lapdog in washington dc.
s chiffon is an idiot who doesn’t understand much...including the Constitution. What a nitwit backbencher and loser.
Schiff is guilty of Obstruction of Logic, in which case he will need ex-lax because is head is up his “you know what”
For federal charges. I don't believe the president can pardon anyone for State charges. Let's see if Mueller has a bag of tricks.
Yet this turnip is aware that Clinton pardoned terrorists.
Could be = Fake News
More proof that, when NewsWeak sold for a $ years ago, that was too much money!
That said, a pardon cannot prevent an impeachment or a removal from office. Although a pardon might convince the Congress that a President should be impeached and removed.
But it's a non-issue, because Trump's not going to need to pardon anyone.
It’s called a plenary power, you pencilneck moron! You’re an attorney and you should understand that term...
Hu says he’s even thinking of pardoning anybody? Just another squirrel The Fake News Media is loosing upon the public.
“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.”
Oh, who, pray tell, does the Constitution empower to determine who the President can and can’t pardon?
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