“Can’t pardon until indicted and convicted. Therefore, can’t pardon himself”
Tell that to Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon
“Tell that to Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon”
I get that Ford pardoned Nixon without any charges pending, but in that case everyone knew what Nixon would have been charged with, i.e. obstruction of justice. There was no stoping prosecutors from coming up with wacky charges unrelated to Watergate, for instance something to do with the “illegal” war in Cambodia.
In today’s climate, it seems some people are willing to charge members of the Bush administration with anything and everything from the whole eight years. How do you anticipate what the charges could be, and against whom?