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kentuck

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Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:39 AM 16 hrs ago

Can a President, who is a convicted felon, give a legal pardon to anyone? [View all]

I do not know what the letter of the law states but it seems that he would be disqualified from giving anyone a "pardon". His criminal record should prevent that from happening?

But, I suppose it would need to go to the Supreme Court if anyone challenged the premise?

In the first place, he has never gone thru the proper channels for giving pardons to anyone. In my opinion, all of his pardons should be null and void.

Could a future president sign an executive order declaring all his "pardons" illegal and meaningless?

Donald Trump himself has stated that Biden's pardons were not legal because they were signed by an "auto pen".

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