Posted on 04/24/2019 5:39:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I that was because Ryan let them.
If Obama gave out pardons to everyone in the Seditious Conspiracy group (Coup), then they would all benefit by keeping quiet.
Can you pardon a crime not yet charged?
Can you define a charge not covered by a pardon?
Ford did it for Nixon.
Here is the text of Ford’s Pardon:
By the President of the United States of America a Proclamation
Richard Nixon became the thirty-seventh President of the United States on January 20, 1969 and was reelected in 1972 for a second term by the electors of forty-nine of the fifty states. His term in office continued until his resignation on August 9, 1974.
Pursuant to resolutions of the House of Representatives, its Committee on the Judiciary conducted an inquiry and investigation on the impeachment of the President extending over more than eight months. The hearings of the Committee and its deliberations, which received wide national publicity over television, radio, and in printed media, resulted in votes adverse to Richard Nixon on recommended Articles of Impeachment.
As a result of certain acts or omissions occurring before his resignation from the Office of President, Richard Nixon has become liable to possible indictment and trial for offenses against the United States. Whether or not he shall be so prosecuted depends on findings of the appropriate grand jury and on the discretion of the authorized prosecutor. Should an indictment ensue, the accused shall then be entitled to a fair trial by an impartial jury, as guaranteed to every individual by the Constitution.
It is believed that a trial of Richard Nixon, if it became necessary, could not fairly begin until a year or more has elapsed. In the meantime, the tranquility to which this nation has been restored by the events of recent weeks could be irreparably lost by the prospects of bringing to trial a former President of the United States. The prospects of such trial will cause prolonged and divisive debate over the propriety of exposing to further punishment and degradation a man who has already paid the unprecedented penalty of relinquishing the highest elective office of the United States.
Now, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-ninth.
GERALD R. FORD
Nixon was impeached in 1974. America had an intractable OIL CRISIS and recession in 1974. The economy is slightly different, people aren't as angry and mad at government.Their plan for Nixon may have worked....but President Trump has not let us down....and has fought their FALSE accusations with every means possible. - Sacajaweau
I don’t agree that the economy was a salient issue, and the “Energy Crisis” started earlier. Seemingly -has it otherwise - there actually was a case against Nixon.
- The Real Watergate Scandal:
- Collusion, Conspiracy, and the Plot That Brought Nixon Down - by Geoff Shepard
The real difference, IMHO, is the impeachment/acquittal of WJBC. The man was as guilty as sin, and the Senate did not seriously entertain the charges by the House (I thought at the time that it illustrated the fact that senators are not “peers” of the POTUS. And that he should have been tried by a jury of State Governors. Would any state governor have been comfortable admitting that he thought he was entitled to lie to a court and suborn perjury? Obviously that was a moot point under the Constitution . . .)
With that history behind us, I hope no Republican in the House or Senate is under any illusions that Republican voters allow that railroading our president out of office is a politically viable option.
Tell Pelosi and Feinstein who have stolen billions for their companies that they will be investigated. Meanwhile the money will be confiscated.
Agreed, that would be a mistake
I didn’t make myself clear. Yes, I agree, the people given the pardons would keep quiet. I was referring to all the underlings who might know about it, like law clerks, and other people who are involved. Maybe they were all threatened with Arkancide, if they ever spilled the beans. 😁🤣
Amen Brother.
Trump still controls the nukes (political bombshells).
He has Obama’s database which has everything on everyone: but he is going through aboveboard, lawful, channels.
Which takes longer when most of the DOJ and judiciary are swamp creatures.
Source for your definition?
Troll radar *activated*.
What the hale does that mean?
From Wikipedia:
"....'High' in the legal and common parlance of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries of 'high crimes' signifies activity by or against those who have special duties acquired by taking an oath of office that are not shared with common persons. A 'high' crime is one that can only be done by someone in a unique position of authority, which is political in character, who does things to circumvent justice...."
Newt disagrees.
No impeachment proceedings. Dems are desperate to make noise. It is all talk.
Newt says.
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