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To: maine-iac7; Gargantua; doug from upland; clearcarbon
maine-iac7 :" He can't pardon her before she's convicted of a crime -
and he'll no longer be in office when she is "

Exactly true
You can't pardon a pending legal action,
You have to await post-conviction in order to be given a pardon.

16 posted on 07/23/2016 11:38:03 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

“... You can’t pardon a pending legal action ...”
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See # 18 regarding Ford/Nixon.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3452290/posts?page=18#18
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19 posted on 07/23/2016 11:53:58 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
You have to await post-conviction in order to be given a pardon.

You probably think the courts give a d@mn about the Constitution, they don't.

21 posted on 07/24/2016 12:11:38 AM PDT by itsahoot (Trump kills PC--Hillary kills USA--Pick one.)
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