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May 13, 2024 · A preemptive pardon -- which multiple sources had said Trump was considering -- may have changed the course of history. Cohen, at the time still Trump's lawyer, and his self-described "fixer," could have avoided jail time and may have continued to be the same person who once said of Trump, "I'm the guy who would take a bullet for the president."
Feb 24, 2020 · February 24, 2020 | by Scott Bomboy. More in Constitution Daily Blog. The recent pardon and clemency orders issued by President Donald Trump are reviving an enduring debate about the executive’s pardon powers granted under the Constitution.
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Jan 19, 2021 · With a handful of other exceptions, notably George H.W. Bush’s Iran-Contra pardons and Trump’s recent pardon of Michael Flynn, pardons historically have not been granted to preempt a prosecution for crimes that have not even been identified much less charged.
Dec 2, 2020 · There are other instances of presidents circumventing judicial processes in anticipation of legal action. Abraham Lincoln issued preemptive pardons during the Civil War and so did Jimmy Carter, who pardoned Vietnam draft evaders who had not been charged for their actions.
Jan 17, 2021 · The rationale for so-called “pre-emptive” pardons is that there is no point in requiring a person to live in fear of conviction or to go through a trial if the offense of which he is or might...
Dec 11, 2020 · While there is no precedent for a president pardoning himself, preemptive pardons have a long history. In fact, the very first pardon, by the nation’s first president, George Washington , was...
Dec 2, 2020 · A presidential preemptive pardon sounds unusual, but it has been done before, most famously when President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, who resigned because of the Watergate scandal in...
