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A president can pardon anyone from any crime for any reason, or no reason at all... I thought it was only federal crimes that can be pardoned, no?
by gm-conspiracy 10y ago
A president can pardon anyone from any crime for any reason, or no reason at all...
I thought it was only federal crimes that can be pardoned, no?
- netsharc 10y agoAnd I thought the pardoned person had to have been convicted of the crime. Except if it's Nixon...
- LargeWu 10y agoWell, that's called a blanket pardon, and the fact that it was granted to Nixon establishes it as precedent.
- Spooky23 10y agoI believe that pardons for state crimes can "forgive" someone federally and release them from Federal sanction. The power is vaguely defined and is absolute. Short of being outside the lines enough to justify impeachment, it can probably mean whatever a president wants it to.