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To: vette6387
"I don’t think that a pardon can be issued absent a conviction (there’s nothing to pardon)"

A President can pardon anything but Treason. Ford pardoned Nixon for anything and everything, without a formal charge, let alone a conviction.

85 posted on 03/07/2016 10:36:07 AM PST by Johnny B. (Donald Trump: the choice of the Jerry Springer generation!)
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To: Johnny B.
A President can pardon anything but Treason.

Oh, heck. At first I thought you found the silver bullet. Indict Hillary for treason. But I looked it up and I think you're wrong. From Wikipedia:

In the United States, the pardon power for federal crimes is granted to the President of the United States under Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution which states that the President "shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment".

86 posted on 03/07/2016 10:41:14 AM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: Johnny B.

As far as I’m concerned, what Clinton did was treasonous.


89 posted on 03/07/2016 10:46:45 AM PST by EternalVigilance
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