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I think the more likely situation is that Obama pardons her some time after election day.
by swissoak 10y ago
I think the more likely situation is that Obama pardons her some time after election day.
- arzt 10y agoIs their a historical precedent for something like this? (ie sitting president pardons incoming president?)
- swissoak 10y agoI don't believe so, but we have plenty of shitty precedents with Obama's 8 years.
- AnimalMuppet 10y agoNot quite. There is precedent for the new president pardoning the outgoing president, though - Ford pardoned Nixon for anything and everything Nixon had done that was illegal during his term in office. That closed the book on Watergate, but it arguably cost Ford the election to Carter.
- chris11 10y agoYeah, I don't think that will happen. First, the previous report found no wrongdoing. Second, I'm sure Hillary will say that she did not break the law (which is so far supported by the FBI investiagtion unless these new emails change things). And third, Clinton's accuser's don't always care about how accurate their accusations are and Obama's pardon will just give them evidence that they were right. I don't see a pardon needed or useful.