Posted on 10/23/2016 7:49:49 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Clinton says she has 'no concerns' that Trump will try to jail her if he wins: 'We don't do that in America'
The Republican said he'll appoint a special prosecutor to look into her emails and told Clinton she'd 'be in jail' if he were in the White House 'I have no concerns about [that] whatsoever,' she told reporters traveling on her plane after DailyMail.com asked her about his pledge She'd said earlier in the evening: 'Every time Donald Trump says he wants to jail his opponent, meaning me, I think...we don't do that in America' With the debates over and fewer than three weeks to go until the end of the election, Clinton began her closing argument this weekend Hillary Clinton says she's not worried that Donald Trump will make good on his threat to 'jail' her if he wins.
'I have no concerns about [that] whatsoever,' she told reporters traveling on her plane from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia after DailyMail.com asked her about his pledge.
The Republican said he'll appoint a special prosecutor to look into her emails and told Clinton she'd 'be in jail' if he were in the White House now.
'Every time Donald Trump says he wants to jail his opponent, meaning me, I think to myself, you know, we don't do that in America,' Clinton said earlier in the evening at her Pittsburgh rally. 'We actually have laws and courts and an independent judiciary.'
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She is not in office and has not been convicted of a crime....yet.
Remember, Bubba WAS convicted of perjury. We'll see....
Can they pardon someone for crimes not yet committed?
We know darn well that Hillary ain’t done with her life of crime, even if she loses.
Well, Hillary DOES have the corrupt FBI in her pocket AND sell outs over at the Department of NO-Justice...
“Elites” propped up by the criminal class... soooo banana republic sh*t...
I think President Ford “pre-pardoned” Nixon as Nixon left office, but nothing came of it.
“Pre-pardoning” is not likely legal. Wouldn't it be great for any corrupt person to be pardoned for all future bad they wish to do or for all unknown stuff in the past? I just can't see that being constitutional.
Pre-pardoning has never been proven to be legit.
>There is no such restriction in the Constitution. The power of the Pardon is absolute.
Govt created to ensure, defend and uphold our inalienable Rights too, but we all know that not to be the case in many a moon. Try bringing up your 5th A. Rights in a ‘tax court’ or 2nd in any ‘may issue’ State, or...
The Constitution is only cited/upheld, strictly so, when it favors those whose asses should be in Club Fed.
Where do you see that written?
“Sure she can. And Ford proved it.”
Those were my initial thoughts, but I read somewhere on FR recently claiming Nixon’s pardon was never challenged in court, thinking the shame of resigning was enough punishment. Of course, I am not a lawyer and I have been baffled by legal ‘reasoning’ in the past. It seems a pardon without prior conviction would at least show implication of guilt of past crimes. And a blanket pardon going forward? What then is in place to prevent Obama from pardoning Roberts from shooting Trump upon giving him the oath of office? I don’t see that as a straw man, or much of a stretch, for that matter, but again, I’m no lawyer, so please excuse my lay-person reasoning. (...and my inability to avoid run-on sentences.)
‘We actually have laws and courts and an independent judiciary.
If that were true she would have been in prison years ago we just have a banana republic for now.
Negatory, good buddy. I will go with the Heritage Foundation, here. It cannot be used to waive future crimes (or it would be waiving the law and we all know the President cannot do that [smirk]) and it only applies to Federal laws. We would need a State to use State law and hope that the Feds do not abscond with the case saying multiple states were involved, hence it is covered by the pardon.
But again, Symington had had a specific indictment made against him, as Nixon had against him (in the preparation to the impeachment process). It might be possible to see how a pre-pardon could apply to a past indictment.
However, Comey didn’t push for indictment. A pre-pardon couldn’t refer to any accusation here. This might have been a clever way of kicking the can forward to Donald Trump.
Unless the Obama administration, upon Hillary losing the election, wants to Kabuki-theater an indictment of Hillary... I don’t see how this is out of the authority of a Donald Trump administration.
I expect Hillary, like Assange, to flee the country to a non-extraditing place.
Baloney! It is long past time that actions have consequences! We got rid of George III and there is NO room for a Queen in the USA. Jail her and throw away the key!
She’s Queen Georgia.
“Can’t be pardoned without a conviction. Ford/Nixon argument doesn’t hold up.”
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How did Ford get away with pardoning Nixon, who had not been charged with a crime, much less convicted?
It might very well have caused Ford to lose the 1976 election.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Obama tried to pardon her, especially if Hitlery tried to bribe him with some Clinton Foundation money under the table.
I am hoping the American people don’t go back to sleep and press Trump to form a commission to go after her and her empire
There’s probably enough there to make a charge of treason stick (adhering to an enemy in time of war, giving them aid and confort).
NO!!!!!!
Yes, I see your point. However, I would think Obama would give out such an illegal pardon anyway, knowing that over 100 Clinton lawyers would battle it up to the Supreme Court. They would probably take a chance hoping they could at least delay until after Hillary’s life span.
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