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> can't pardon yourself for things you were impeached for That's because impeachment is a political process, not a judicial proceeding. Clemency does not affec
by Supermancho 6y ago
> can't pardon yourself for things you were impeached for
That's because impeachment is a political process, not a judicial proceeding. Clemency does not affect impeachment.
- dragonwriter 6y agoThat may be the rationale for the limit, but the legal reason is because the Constitution expressly limits the pardon power to exclude cases of impeachment.