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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsImpeachment has no bearing on pardon power.
Neither does conviction, for that matter. Once they're granted, that's it.
"A Congressional Research Service report covers presidential pardons and their relationship with Congress and impeachment. Both the CRS and Bowman noted that impeachment can be used against a president who abuses their pardon power. For example, if the president is taking bribes in exchange for pardons. But even in that case it doesnt stop the pardon itself.
The CRS notes that even if the president is impeached and subsequently convicted for abusing their pardon power, the remedy would be limited to removal from office and disqualification from future office. So the individual president is removed from power, but their acts are not undone."
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/verify/verify-impeachment-does-not-undo-presidential-pardons/507-aaf8978e-5282-4147-ad47-65ca3b7d0458
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llashram
(6,265 posts)they will screw up again and will be caught again. Once having gone to the cookie jar...
getagrip_already
(14,838 posts)Force them to admit their guilt in court and answer questions under oath. No free rides. Make them go full process.
TwilightZone
(25,485 posts)No prosecutor is going to charge someone for a crime for which they have received a pardon.
getagrip_already
(14,838 posts)Pardons are just pieces of paper until you are charged, and then you have to present it in court and accept your guilt.
Now in practice most prosecutors won't press a case to that point. But in this case, it's warranted and could produce useful testimony. If someone refuses to cooperate, they could be jailed for contempt. If they lie under oath, well, that's perjury.
Someone in another thread posted a link to this process, which has been used.
I'm not a lawyer and I'm not playing one here, but others who are have posted it. With links.