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To: rolling_stone

WRONG

Any and all crimes.

The Watergate break in was not a federal crime, neither was covering up a burglary.


13 posted on 11/01/2016 9:36:36 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (Bill and Hillary Clinton are the penicillin-resistant syphilis of our political system.)
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To: Graybeard58

YOU MIGHT TRY LOOKING before you repost incorrectly

On September 8, 1974, president of the United States Gerald Ford issued Proclamation 4311, which gave Richard Nixon a full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he might have committed against the United States while president

TRY THE CONSTITUTION FOR THE WORDING does not include impeachmebnt


14 posted on 11/01/2016 9:44:43 PM PDT by rolling_stone (not this time!)
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To: Graybeard58
The Watergate break in was not a federal crime, neither was covering up a burglary.

It occurred in D.C. -- a federal reservation.

Thus, federal jurisdiction...and federal crimes.

The President's pardoning authority IS limited to federal crimes.

16 posted on 11/01/2016 10:02:00 PM PDT by okie01
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