The Constitution gives the president the power to pardon someone before they are indicted, convicted or sentenced for a federal offense against the United States.
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He could even just announce he’d pardon for that. But it seems quite obvious that the Dems don’t really intend on obstructing Trump, Biden even said he’ll attend the Trump inauguration.
Ex Parte Garland established that a pardon “may be exercised at any time after [the offense’s] commission, either before legal proceedings are taken or during their pendency or after conviction and judgment.”
I would take that to mean future crimes aren’t pardonable, unfortunately
RION covered the big thing, but another detail that might be worth sharing is that broad pardons like the one Hunter got are quite rare, with Nixon really being the most recent example. More permissive than any other pardon Biden’s given, and likely will give.
Can someone be pardoned for a crime they haven’t committed yet?
I did ~10 seconds of googling…
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Biden not pre-emptively pardoning anyone who tries to kill Trump shows that he’s just not serious.
He could even just announce he’d pardon for that. But it seems quite obvious that the Dems don’t really intend on obstructing Trump, Biden even said he’ll attend the Trump inauguration.
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Ex Parte Garland established that a pardon “may be exercised at any time after [the offense’s] commission, either before legal proceedings are taken or during their pendency or after conviction and judgment.”
I would take that to mean future crimes aren’t pardonable, unfortunately
Huh, very interesting.
RION covered the big thing, but another detail that might be worth sharing is that broad pardons like the one Hunter got are quite rare, with Nixon really being the most recent example. More permissive than any other pardon Biden’s given, and likely will give.
Nixon was never charged, or even impeached. But Ford gave him a pardon for everything he could’ve done as president.