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GregariousGroundhog

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13. The question I have though is how does the president execute their power to pardon?

Reply to melm00se (Reply #12)

Wed Jun 22, 2022, 10:40 AM

Jun 2022

If Matt Gaetz gets charged for something and claims Trump "I pardon you" during an alcohol and drug fueled orgy at Mar a Lago, is the burden of proof on the prosecutor to disprove that? What happens if Matt Gaetz pulls out a 100 dollar bill with "I pardon you" scrawled on it along with Trumps signature and cocaine residue? Is that enough to execute the presidential pardon power?

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A pardon question for lawyers [View all] PJMcK Jun 2022 OP

I've wondered the same thing! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #1

They should, at the very least, not be allowed to pardon family or anyone who worked for them Siwsan Jun 2022 #2

Yes, I agree! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #4

There is no precedence for a secret pardon. Cuthbert Allgood Jun 2022 #3

Thank you PJMcK Jun 2022 #6

Isn't there a formal pardon issuance process in DOJ? LastDemocratInSC Jun 2022 #5

Yes but that's a matter of convenience for the executive branch not a requirement for the President PoliticAverse Jun 2022 #9

The only lawyers whose answer to that matters would be the 9 on the Supreme Court... PoliticAverse Jun 2022 #7

I've been led to believe that the pardon power is virtually unlimited and has never been challenged Mr. Ected Jun 2022 #8

You have been led to believe correctly melm00se Jun 2022 #12

The question I have though is how does the president execute their power to pardon? GregariousGroundhog Jun 2022 #13

I believe that a presidential pardon melm00se Jun 2022 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Tomconroy Jun 2022 #10

A reasonable court would insist on clear evidence that the pardon was legit unblock Jun 2022 #11

I doubt very much that there were any "pocket" pardons. MineralMan Jun 2022 #14

Or inthewind21 Jun 2022 #15

Yes, that, too, although those "fall guys" could turn out to be MineralMan Jun 2022 #16

Pocket pardons are figments of some folks' imaginations. onenote Jun 2022 #17