“Does anyone know if one was issued? If it was, and it’s not yet accepted by Hillary, could Donald cleanly rescind the offer? “
I read earlier today that someone who was following this took a look at the DOJ Pardon List right after Trump took the oath of office and he said that there wasn’t anything on it about Hillary. I guess I don’t know if there is any way to “hide” a presidential pardon, but the poster seemed to be of the mind that if it wasn’t there it didn’t happen.
I thought the POTUS routinely issued “pocket pardons” to people doing top secret operations. They obviously could not be registered anywhere and still retain operational security. Nobody would know about them unless they were needed.
If Hillary has an official pardon typed up on the Presidents letterhead with Ozero’s signature tucked away, we will not know it unless she is charged or even convicted of something, at which point she pulls her “Get Out of Jail Free” card. Because the President’s power to pardon is unlimited, if the document was proven genuine I think she’d walk no matter when it surfaced.