Can a president in the USA pardon himself if he's charged with a crime?
For example, if Trump is charged with a crime with all the stuff going on could he issue a pardon on himself? I remember hearing Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon though in that case Nixon was no longer president.
I'm sure Thump believes that.
Don't be idiotic.
No but trump will try.
I can't see how, or Nixon would have done it.
But, the "work-around" is to have your appointed successor do it (Ford pardons Nixon).
Is that why Joe Bide. Is running the Presidency.
- Why does Christy Ford's lawyer want Kavanaugh to testify first if they won't release any information to defend himself against? That makes no sense. The accused should be given the opportunity to face their accuser AFTER their accuser has testified. The way it stands now he would not be given the opportunity to counter anything she says.
- What would happen if, on this night, Trump pardoned Manafort, Gates, Cohen, Flynn, Kushner, Papodopolous, Trump Jr and himself? And no, at the Federal level, you do NOT need to be convicted in order to be pardoned. In fact, you don't even need to be charged. Case in point, Ford pardoned Nixon of all possible charges related to the Watergate cover-up without any charges having been levied against him.
- What is Ford's excuse for not reporting this alleged crime 36 years ago when a proper investigation could have been done? Even if you say that the police would have not taken it seriously back then, it would still have been on file and came up during the FBI background check.
- If the Ford case isn't a Federal crime why would the FBI investigate? They only investigate backgrounds, which they have done on Kavanaugh 6 times, and Federal crimes. This isn't one.