Posted on 09/18/2018 6:09:30 PM PDT by blueyon
Robert Mueller seems to have built in safeguards to discourage the president from pardoning Manafort.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s plea agreement with Paul Manafort on Friday took unusual and possibly unprecedented steps to undercut President Donald Trump’s ability to pardon his former campaign chairman.
The plea deal Mueller struck with Manafort contains several provisions that appear intended to discourage the former Trump aide from seeking a pardon and to rein in the impact of any pardon Trump might grant.
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Mueller needs to be SO locked up....
That plea deal is ridiculously illegal.
Hey muleass: the president’s pardon power is ABSOLUTE.
POTUS can pardon him anyway, Trump is the POTUS he can do ANYTHING he wants!!!!
President Trump’s pardon powers are absolute. He can pardon Manafort for any and all crimes committed by him up to and including the day of the pardon. He can do it without Manafort asking for it. The crimes do not have to be named. But I do think Manafort should have to give up his property.
Who would possibly agree that Mueller is not a Weasel?
I think RosenWeasel and Weasel Mueller should have to give up their property.
Right. But Muleass reserves the right to seize his property if he gets a pardon. Completely illegal.
A pardon does not extend beyond criminal sanctions.
Trump CAN also pardon him on ANY future charges brought forth by Muller!!!! SCREW THEM!!!! Trump NEEDS to give them the middle finger!!!
Mueller made a lot of money very nefariously off the tax-payer’s back. Restitution is DUE.
I'd like to see the DOJ argue that in court after a pardon-- what would they say-- it's a gift? LOL
Mueller thinks he can limit in some way the President’s constitutional pardon power?
An unconstitutional plea deal is no plea deal.
Anyone who is convicted under any federal statute has a right to request the president for a pardon.
Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, the President’s power to pardon seems nearly limitless:
“[The President] shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”
The rules and procedures for seeking and receiving a pardon are contained in the Code of Federal Regulations (Title 28, Chapter 1, Part 1). Anyone who wishes to apply for clemency at the federal level must follow the rules and file a petition with the Department of Justice (specifically, the Office of the Pardon Attorney).
https://litigation.findlaw.com/legal-system/presidential-pardon-power-and-its-limits.html
If they found criminal behavior that broke state law a Presidential pardon would not help him there. I believe the bulk of the charges against him were tax evasion and failure to register as a lobbyist. I assume he didn’t pay New York state taxes either so, again, a Federal pardon will only partially help him.
There is no way Mueller can do an end run around a Trump full and complete Pardon. It erases everything. It can even be done for all Federal crimes, both known and unknown as of the Pardon date.
Mueller knows this. It’s bluster.prosecutorial puffery.
Where are all the posters - here and elsewhere - who were so knowing about Mueller (and others) being White Hats?
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