[Mariner]

Yes Virginia, they really do make people this stupid.

[Nifster]

Hard to imagine

[eddie willers]

I don't think the president's power is all that absolute, as people have been suggesting

Only the people that can read.

[CodeToad]

“Yes Virginia, they really do make people this stupid.”

We know. We call them liberals. They call themselves “journalists”.

[SaveFerris]

[California Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee]

A lying liberal? Did the Sun come up again this morning?

[Eleutheria5]

They actually think that Mueller is on to something, and Trump is running scared, and will have to pardon somebody to keep himself in the clear. This is psychotic.

[upchuck]

From the Constitution, Article II Section 2 Clause 1:

1: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

Bolding mine. That pretty well sums it up.

[Rashputin]

So, Mueller indicts Donald Jr. in hopes the President will pardon him at once or at least give them the most to chatter about for the week prior to long planned democrat Nov 4th "huge" protest & festivities.

I knew the first indictment would be the week before their planned BS I just don't know who it would be that would generate the best drumbeat to incited the usual crazies. I actually don't see how it could be Donald Jr. but I do wonder who they think Trump would instantly pardon.

[dila813]

Fantasy land, they just want to rewrite the laws as is convenient.

[Revel]

“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.

[hinckley buzzard]

Schiff indulges in wishful thinking. The presidential power of the pardon is granted especially for just such cases of persecution for political reasons.

[Noamie]

That guy dont know schiff.

Heh.

[stylin19a]

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.

[Chewbarkah]

Adam Schniff should wear his undersized shiny purple plastic cowboy hat so he can blend in with the rest of the Democrat brain trust.

[Kalamata]

The Adam Repulsiveness Rating = 9.9

[familyop]

His prosecuting powers wouldn’t be limited. He will be able to prosecute a war against very nearby enemies if necessary.

[catnipman]

Schiff’s an F-ing idiot. Prez pardon IS absolute for Fed crimes.

[piasa]

“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so. “ —— RonaldReagan

[Robert357]

Let's see what is a foot first. The Speculation is that Mueller is saying Manaford did things in 2012 to 2014 that may have violated money laundering regulations and possibly as early as 2004. Certainly, Trump was not running for President in any of those years.

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.

[a fool in paradise]

“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.

[ModelBreaker]

Trump can pardon anyone for any federal crime. Period. The Constitution does not put limits on his power.