You can totally pardon someone for something they haven’t been convicted of. For example, Biden did this for him, his family, and others when he left office.
I assume there must be a mechanism that could be created to remove pardons though? If someone like Trump just pardons everyone for doing crimes for him, there must be a way to say they were corrupt, and they don’t offer protections.
You can totally pardon someone for something they haven’t been convicted of. For example, Biden did this for him, his family, and others when he left office.
I assume there must be a mechanism that could be created to remove pardons though? If someone like Trump just pardons everyone for doing crimes for him, there must be a way to say they were corrupt, and they don’t offer protections.
Sounds like you’re both right - you can pardon people for things they have done, not things they will do. This ain’t the church after all.
Yeah, definitely not things you may do in the future, that’s for sure.