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Doesn't matter. He can pardon them before any charges are laid out, or after and he can give a blanket pardon for crimes related to whatever and to anybody invo
by tomjen3 6y ago
Doesn't matter. He can pardon them before any charges are laid out, or after and he can give a blanket pardon for crimes related to whatever and to anybody involved, because the pardons don't have to be to a named person.
- boringg 6y agoI thought this hasn't been determined to viable yet as as strategy.
- favorited 6y agoIt's happened before. For example, President Carter pardoned all Vietnam War draft dodgers.
- dragonwriter 6y ago“It’s happened before” doesn’t actually mean that it is legally effective, unless it has also been challenged and prevailed in court.
- tartoran 6y agoHe doesn't even know who they are, he can pardon them only nominally not as a category.
- vkou 6y agoThat might work, but would you like to put your life on the line for the capital crime of treason and insurrection, with the hope that a non-specific pardon will shield you from the rule of law?
- tomjen3 6y agoI would not, but there are people who are not the same as me.