Of course he can. Ford pardoned Nixon. The pardon power is without restrictions. The real question is why would Obama say this? Does he think that the German pr

Of course he can. Ford pardoned Nixon. The pardon power is without restrictions. The real question is why would Obama say this? Does he think that the German press are idiots without access to Lexis/Nexis? Or is he really saying, "I want to pardon him but they won't let me?" His comments otherwise make no sense.