There’s plenty of precedent. Ford pardoned Nixon before any charges of any sort. I’m pretty sure Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich, which was obviously a bought and paid for pardon, was the same.
Were those pardons issued while the guys who were pardoned had court decisions for their cases still pending? THAT is what I find so unusual about this.
Were those pardons issued while the guys who were pardoned had court decisions for their cases still pending? THAT is what I find so unusual about this.