Posted on 12/12/2024 6:17:02 PM PST by Rummyfan
In case you missed it, talk of preemptive presidential pardoning has become all the rage over in Democrat Land. Joe Biden's pardon of his blow freak mediocrity Hunter got the Dems and their flying monkeys in the mainstream media busy making holiday wish lists filled with potential pardon recipients who President-elect Donald Trump and his America First administration might go after once in office.
The people being mentioned as being in need of "Get Out of Jail Free" cards in the next month haven't been publicly lobbying for themselves, but it's an almost certain bet that they're jumping up and down screaming, "Me next!" behind the scenes.
As Scott wrote last week, Adam Schiff, Liz "I'm Just Like Lincoln" Cheney, and alleged physician Anthony Fauci headline the group of people most in need of an assist from President LOLEightyonemillion.
Schiff and Cheney are sweating bullets because they were members of the J6 House Soviet Select Committee on Daddy Issues, a pathetic un-American charade that only succeeded in wasting the taxpayers' money.
Anthony Fauci is on the list for being Pol Pot, M.D. during the pandemic, of course. Four years later, we're still waiting to see if he told the truth about anything other than the spelling of his name in 2020.
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That was a great article.
Thank you
Amen to that! Never forgetting, never forgiving.
LOL!
I beg your pardon,
I never asked you for a presidential pardon,
Along with the sunshine,
There’s gotta be a little rain sometime.
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My apologies to Billy Joy Royal
We need to stop using that phrase “pre-emptive pardon.” What hunter got was not any kind of pardon. You must be first convicted of a crime to get a pardon. Can anyone think of a better term? Maybe “pre-emptive whitewash.”
And Lynn Anderson.
Not true.
Look up Ford’s pardon of Nixon.
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“... a full, free and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon
for all offenses against the United States which he,
Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed...”
You must be first convicted of a crime to get a pardon.
Biden followed the prior Republican formula almost word for word. Things like that come back to bite you in the butt.
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-4311-granting-pardon-richard-nixon
Gerald R. Ford
XXXVIII President of the United States
61 - Proclamation 4311—Granting Pardon to Richard Nixon
September 8, 1974By the President of the United States of America
A ProclamationRichard Nixon became the thirty-seventh President of the United States on January 20, 1969 and was reelected in 1972 for a second term by the electors of forty-nine of the fifty states. His term in office continued until his resignation on August 9, 1974.
Pursuant to resolutions of the House of Representatives, its Committee on the Judiciary conducted an inquiry and investigation on the impeachment of the President extending over more than eight months. The hearings of the Committee and its deliberations, which received wide national publicity over television, radio, and in printed media, resulted in votes adverse to Richard Nixon on recommended Articles of Impeachment.
As a result of certain acts or omissions occurring before his resignation from the Office of President, Richard Nixon has become liable to possible indictment and trial for offenses against the United States. Whether or not he shall be so prosecuted depends on findings of the appropriate grand jury and on the discretion of the authorized prosecutor. Should an indictment ensue, the accused shall then be entitled to a fair trial by an impartial jury, as guaranteed to every individual by the Constitution.
It is believed that a trial of Richard Nixon, if it became necessary, could not fairly begin until a year or more has elapsed. In the meantime, the tranquility to which this nation has been restored by the events of recent weeks could be irreparably lost by the prospects of bringing to trial a former President of the United States. The prospects of such trial will cause prolonged and divisive debate over the propriety of exposing to further punishment and degradation a man who has already paid the unprecedented penalty of relinquishing the highest elective office of the United States.
Now, Therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-ninth.
/s/ GERALD R. FORD
I Donald J Trump hereby tell my followers and cabinet fo engage in whatever conduct you want toward advancing my agenda. No need to go to Congress, just freaking do it!!! Of course do so being mindful to avoid certain blue states.
Go forth with assurance that I, like Joe Biden, will issue whatever pardons are necessary, however broad in scope necessary, to immunize you from any consequence.
And a special shout out to Brandon for showing me the way!!
We need to stop using that phrase “pre-emptive pardon.” What hunter got was not any kind of pardon. You must be first convicted of a crime to get a pardon. Can anyone think of a better term? Maybe “pre-emptive whitewash.”
cover up?
It seems akin to full diplomatic immunity enjoyed by foreign ambassadors. Retrospectively applied from the date of the presidential “immunization”.
Precedent does not mean “carved in stone”.
Yes, we know that former presidents have jumped the rules and given preemptive pardons before, but in THIS case, they need not stand.
Article II and Title 28 lay out the rules regarding presidential pardons and require the pardonee to have been convicted of a specific crime and/or served time.
Over the past 16 years we have watched the democrats, and some rinos, commit grievous crimes against the Constitution and the American people, and they should be made to pay dearly for them.
If this garbage needs to go as far as the SC, then so be it.
wouldnt it be nice to have a life long pardon on what ever you decide to do in the future, this is insanity and needs to be headed off at the pass
I’m well aware that nixon got a pre-emptive pardon 50 years ago. It’s still wrong.
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