[Boogieman]

“Someone has to be charged with a crime and convicted first.”

Unfortunately, no. The president can pardon people for crimes they have not been charged or convicted of. We can thank Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon for that expansion of Presidential powers.

[The Antiyuppie]

“Unfortunately, no. The president can pardon people for crimes they have not been charged or convicted of. We can thank Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon for that expansion of Presidential power”

I don’t think that was ever challenged(?)