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To: EdgeOfDarkness
Does not matter! The power to pardon is absolute - Barr should keep his mouth shut

The President did not pardon Stone.

209 posted on 07/10/2020 7:17:21 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: Right_in_Virginia

If not covered on another post, here is one bit of detail....

(ABC reported online)
...While a commutation reduces a convict’s sentence either in part or in full, only a pardon nullifies a conviction entirely. Absent a full pardon, Stone will avoid prison time but will still remain a convicted felon, barring him from voting in any future elections, serving on a jury or seeking elected office....


213 posted on 07/10/2020 7:30:12 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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