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Quixote1818

(31,155 posts) Wed Dec 9, 2020, 05:07 PM Dec 2020

Can the President Pardon Himself? His Family? Co-Conspirators?

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Can the President Pardon Himself? His Family? Co-Conspirators? (Original Post) Quixote1818 Dec 2020 OP

A blanket pardon was extended to Nixon Warpy Dec 2020 #1

Warpy

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1. A blanket pardon was extended to Nixon

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Wed Dec 9, 2020, 05:45 PM

Dec 2020

before he was ever charged with anything specific, so the precedent for that exists. Whether or not that extends to family members who were not officially part of the administration is another matter, especially when those pardons are specifically to avoid prosecution.

Even if they are allowed to stand, they will apply only to Federal charges. I'm sure the states have a whole list of things they're prepared to use to keep this bunch away from politics forever.

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