True, but the president actually has the ability to grant pre-indictment pardons based on a supreme court ruling from 1867. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/05/o

True, but the president actually has the ability to grant pre-indictment pardons based on a supreme court ruling from 1867. http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/05/opinion/l-constitution-allows-pardons-before-conviction-590688.html http://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/05/opinion/l-constitution-all... "It extends to every offense known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment."