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berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts) Fri Jun 15, 2018, 12:52 PM Jun 2018

Reminder: A Presidential Pardon cannot be used to avoid Contempt of Court

Contempt is not a crime, it is disobedience to the court and a judge can lock you up indefinitely for as long as you don’t comply with the court. If Trump pardons Manafort and/or Cohen, they can be compelled to testify and Trump can do nothing about it and they cannot plead the 5th.

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Reminder: A Presidential Pardon cannot be used to avoid Contempt of Court (Original Post) berni_mccoy Jun 2018 OP

Yep...ask Susan mcdougal... beachbum bob Jun 2018 #1

She was sentenced for fraud and criminal conspiracy. That is what the pardon was for. berni_mccoy Jun 2018 #2

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

1. Yep...ask Susan mcdougal...

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Fri Jun 15, 2018, 12:54 PM

Jun 2018

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)

2. She was sentenced for fraud and criminal conspiracy. That is what the pardon was for.

Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 15, 2018, 12:57 PM

Jun 2018

The pardon was not for contempt of court. She was held in contempt for 18 months which counted toward her jail time served, which was 22 months at the time of her pardon.

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