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    White House open to a Clinton pardon

    -The White House isn't ruling out the possibility of Hillary Clinton receiving a last-minute pardon from President Obama — even though she hasn't been charged with a crime.

    Asked at Wednesday's press briefing whether Obama had considered utilizing his unique executive power, press secretary Josh Earnest was cryptic.

    "The president has offered clemency to a substantial number of Americans who were previously serving time in federal prisons," Earnest said.

    "And we didn't talk in advance about the president's plans to offer clemency to any of those individuals and that's because we don't talk about the president's thinking, particularly with respect to any specific cases that may apply to pardons or commutations," he added...

    http://nypost.com/2016/11/09/white-h...linton-pardon/

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    I may have been wrong about Hillary winning the election, but I'm 100% sure she'll never spend a day in prison.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romans828 View Post
    I may have been wrong about Hillary winning the election, but I'm 100% sure she'll never spend a day in prison.
    Very possibly, but that does not mean her foundation slush fund will stand the legal test...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romans828 View Post
    I may have been wrong about Hillary winning the election, but I'm 100% sure she'll never spend a day in prison.
    Got that right. But like the OP says, I wonder how you pardon someone that hasn't been convicted of anything?

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Got that right. But like the OP says, I wonder how you pardon someone that hasn't been convicted of anything?
    Haven't you heard of the retroactive "just in case" pardon? It is "just in case" you get charged then the pardon was already available and is retroactive. You need a course in Politics Law 101.

    Okay, I just made all of that up but then again, it could be prophetic
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    Quote Originally Posted by victoryword View Post
    Haven't you heard of the retroactive "just in case" pardon? It is "just in case" you get charged then the pardon was already available and is retroactive. You need a course in Politics Law 101.

    Okay, I just made all of that up but then again, it could be prophetic
    Hey, seriously. That could be it. That concept did cross my mind too. Kind of a 'get out of jail free' card just in case it did happen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Got that right. But like the OP says, I wonder how you pardon someone that hasn't been convicted of anything?
    the same way Ford pardoned Nixon.. it was before any indictment. They knew it was coming.. Ford acted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by victoryword View Post
    Haven't you heard of the retroactive "just in case" pardon? It is "just in case" you get charged then the pardon was already available and is retroactive. You need a course in Politics Law 101.

    Okay, I just made all of that up but then again, it could be prophetic
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    Quote Originally Posted by Femme* View Post
    the same way Ford pardoned Nixon.. it was before any indictment. They knew it was coming.. Ford acted.
    YEP! September 8, 1974

    "On this day in 1974, President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, his disgraced predecessor, for any crimes, spawned by the Watergate scandal, that he might have committed or participated in while in office.

    In a Sunday afternoon broadcast from the Oval Office, Ford argued that the pardon served the country's best interests. He said Nixon's circumstances reflect "a tragedy in which we all have played a part. It could go on and on and on, or someone must write the end to it. I have concluded that only I can do that, and if I can, I must."


    In accepting the pardon, Nixon said: "That the way I tried to deal with Watergate was the wrong way is a burden I shall bear for every day of the life that is left to me."

    In the wake of the pardon, Ford's poll numbers plummeted. His newly named press secretary, Jerald terHorst, resigned in protest. In an unprecedented step, Ford, a former House minority leader, testified before the Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee. He insisted that there was no quid pro quo involved in Nixon's Aug. 9 resignation. On that date, after taking the oath of office, Ford had said, "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Romans828 View Post
    I may have been wrong about Hillary winning the election, but I'm 100% sure she'll never spend a day in prison.
    I think losing the election really broke her down, probably destroyed her emotionally. I can only imagine what poor Bill is going through right about now. I'm satisfied with that and don't wish to see her imprisoned. Just retire and spend her days being a wife and grandmother.
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