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Hey, that reminds me, Bill Clinton pardoned Fife Symington before he was convicted so they just dropped the case. But as you note they didn't challenge the premise of pre-pardon.

RINO Symington paid back Bill by supporting Hillary Clinton, saying "attacks against her were political."

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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.