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A pardon for Mrs. (and maybe Mr.) Clinton?

C_Felix

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Here's a question I was asked today, and I'm truly stumped.
Will President Trump pardon Mrs. (and possibly Mr.) Clinton?

Will he attempt to heal the nation and say, "What's done is done. If we want to be great again, we need to close this door and look ahead"
or
Will he "ask" the DoJ to "go get her" in an attempt to throw raw meat to his base?

Someone at work suggested that he allow her to go to trial, and if found guilty, then pardon her.
 
Darat said:
How do you pardon someone who hasn't been found guilty in any court of law?
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As I have pointed out, Ford did just that for Nixon.

There have been several articles on this subject today, of which avid readers are no doubt aware.
 
Darat said:
How do you pardon someone who hasn't been found guilty in any court of law?
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Ask Gerald Ford and RIchard Nixon.....
Damn,Ninja'd on that one.
Anyway might be a moot point. I think now that her political career is over,the GOP will let all the investigations just fade away.
 
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C_Felix said:
Here's a question I was asked today, and I'm truly stumped.
Will President Trump pardon Mrs. (and possibly Mr.) Clinton?

Will he attempt to heal the nation and say, "What's done is done. If we want to be great again, we need to close this door and look ahead"
or
Will he "ask" the DoJ to "go get her" in an attempt to throw raw meat to his base?

Someone at work suggested that he allow her to go to trial, and if found guilty, then pardon her.
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Nothing will rehabilitate Hilary more than a vindictive winner going after the gracious loser.
 
What a ridiculous thread. Let her be found guilty of something before a pardon is even raised. And the comparison with Nixon is risable.
 
Obama could do it, he's still president.

Can a president pardon himself, in the matter of "university" scams?
 
Spindrift said:
Nothing will rehabilitate Hilary more than a vindictive winner going after the gracious loser.
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Agreed. As much as I would like to see her burn, it probably is better to pardon her. The only issue being if it is done before or after she goes to jail.
 
CORed said:
It's not unprecedented. Nixon hadn't been convicted of anything when Ford pardoned him, though he almost certainly would have been convicted if not pardoned.
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Please stop with this ridiculous Nixon comparison.
 
C_Felix said:
Here's a question I was asked today, and I'm truly stumped.
Will President Trump pardon Mrs. (and possibly Mr.) Clinton?

Will he attempt to heal the nation and say, "What's done is done. If we want to be great again, we need to close this door and look ahead"
or
Will he "ask" the DoJ to "go get her" in an attempt to throw raw meat to his base?

Someone at work suggested that he allow her to go to trial, and if found guilty, then pardon her.
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If Trump were acting rationally, he'd either act to pardon her immediately, or just quietly drop the issue.

The problem is if he asks the DoJ to "go get her" he might end up getting embarrased, if there were no actual crimes for which she could be convicted (which is quite possible).

During the election it might have made sense to claim "you'll be in jail". (Not that it was morally right, it just played to the idiot base of his party.) After all, Trump was an outside fighting against the political machine. If Trump is president, he can't very well claim that she's being protected by the political machine anymore... he's the one in charge after all.
 
Segnosaur said:
If Trump were acting rationally, he'd either act to pardon her immediately, or just quietly drop the issue.

The problem is if he asks the DoJ to "go get her" he might end up getting embarrased, if there were no actual crimes for which she could be convicted (which is quite possible).

During the election it might have made sense to claim "you'll be in jail". (Not that it was morally right, it just played to the idiot base of his party.) After all, Trump was an outside fighting against the political machine. If Trump is president, he can't very well claim that she's being protected by the political machine anymore... he's the one in charge after all.
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His idiot followers would never be able to follow that logic. I'd be shocked if he could.
 
If the previous administration violated the law, there absolutely should be a special prosecutor.

The notion that we should let it slide for easier transition is insidious. How about for a better solution we don't break the law?
 
lionking said:
As the circumstances are utterly different, it's hardly a precedent.
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What are you talking about? The question is pardoning for crimes that a person is not convicted of. What circumstances possibly make it so different that the Nixon example doesn't inform that?
 
lionking said:
As the circumstances are utterly different, it's hardly a precedent.
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rubs temples.....

lionking? The question was "How do you pardon someone who hasn't been found guilty in any court of law?" The Ford Pardon of Nixon answered that question as a matter of law.

We GET that you don't think that the facts are similar but that is really not the actual point here.
 
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