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New AP Poll: Majority of Americans Think Trump Doesn't Respect US Institutions

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majii6/15/2017 4:40:05 pm PDT

re: #42 freetoken

“So, what’s the odds that Trump issues a pardon for Kushner, before there is even a conviction?”

A president cannot pardon an individual until s/he has been convicted of a crime. Article II of the Constitution contains no language that grants an American president the power to grant a person a pardon before s/he is convicted. IOW, a pardon is granted only after someone has actually been convicted for having committed a crime. Pres. Clinton pardoned Marc Rich, but he only did it after Rich had been convicted.