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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1255711)

8/20/2020 7:54:39 PM

From: Brumar89

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Dave_from_Florida

But post Nixon the DOJ adopted a rule that says that a person has to be convicted before they can get a presidential pardon and they have to wait a certain period after the conviction before the pardon is granted. In Nixon's case they just wanted him to go away so the legality of his pardon was never challenged or determined.

From the DOJ Policy paper:
"Under the Constitution, only federal criminal convictions, such as those adjudicated in the United States District Courts, may be pardoned by the President. In addition, the President's pardon power extends to convictions adjudicated in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and military court-martial proceedings..."

Note that it says a person has to have a federal "conviction" before they can be pardoned. It also says a person must wait 5 years before being granted a pardon and we know Trump has violated that clause at least a half dozen times already. I guess rules are written to be broken.

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