Originally posted by EladarHow do you pardon someone who wasn't indicted and charged with a crime?
So why didn't Obama pardon Hillary?
I wonder what agreement was made behind closed doors.
This doesn't mean she can't (or won't) be indicted. If the investigation of Hillary had not stalled and effectively ended with a recommendation to NOT indict, she would now be free and clear of any possibility of facing future prosecution. Obama would have undoubtedly pardoned her but he couldn't, and now (starting today) he can't... King Obama is now merely citizen Obama.
However, my best guess is if she and Bill quietly disappear into the background and don't try to create problems for the Trump administration, no further action will be taken against her. And this is something Obama might want to think about as well, if he doesn't want The People looking too close into his own complicity in regard to Hillary's activities.
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Originally posted by lemon limeNow that is good advise, hopefully someone has advised that to them.
How do you pardon someone who wasn't indicted and charged with a crime?
This doesn't mean she can't (or won't) be indicted. If the investigation of Hillary had not stalled and effectively ended with a recommendation to NOT indict, she would now be free and clear of any possibility of facing future prosecution. Obama would have undoubtedly pardoned her ...[text shortened]... n't want The People looking too close into his own complicity in regard to Hillary's activities.
21 Jan 17
Originally posted by lemon limeNo, that's not right is it. When the Steele dossier became public Trump started talking about reopening the investigation. So keeping her head down is not necessarily going to help, as if more revelations about him come to light then he has an obvious way of attempting to distract attention.
How do you pardon someone who wasn't indicted and charged with a crime?
This doesn't mean she can't (or won't) be indicted. If the investigation of Hillary had not stalled and effectively ended with a recommendation to NOT indict, she would now be free and clear of any possibility of facing future prosecution. Obama would have undoubtedly pardoned her ...[text shortened]... n't want The People looking too close into his own complicity in regard to Hillary's activities.
21 Jan 17
Originally posted by shavixmirWhile unusual, it it possible for a President to use the pardon power for uncharged crimes that may have been committed by an individual as Gerald Ford did when he pardoned Richard Nixon.http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=4696
Hilary hasn't been found guilty of anything. How can she be pardoned?