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To: doug from upland
Won’t happen. Obama will pardon her.

He can't pardon her before she's convicted of a crime - and he'll no longer be in office when she is - Looking forward to this

12 posted on 07/23/2016 11:24:11 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (A Christian is as a Christian does - "By their works...")
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To: maine-iac7
He can't pardon her before she's convicted of a crime

Nixon had not been convicted of anything when he was pardoned by Ford.

15 posted on 07/23/2016 11:36:12 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: maine-iac7; Gargantua; doug from upland; clearcarbon
maine-iac7 :" He can't pardon her before she's convicted of a crime -
and he'll no longer be in office when she is "

Exactly true
You can't pardon a pending legal action,
You have to await post-conviction in order to be given a pardon.

16 posted on 07/23/2016 11:38:03 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt ( British historian Arnold Toynbee - Civilisations die from suicide, not by murder.)
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To: maine-iac7

On September 8, 1974, Gerald Ford gave Nixon a full and unconditional pardon
for any crimes he may have committed while President.
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Proclamation 4311
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon
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NOW, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
...
do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon
for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon,
has committed or may have committed or taken part in
during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974.


18 posted on 07/23/2016 11:50:48 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: maine-iac7

He can’t pardon her before she’s convicted of a crime

In 1866, the Supreme Court ruled in Ex parte Garland that the pardon power “extends to every offence known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.”


31 posted on 07/24/2016 3:25:18 AM PDT by euram
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