Is the pardon legal if it is intended to personally benefit the person doing the pardon?

[LiberalFighter]

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Legal no longer has much meaning, there are some judges left but most are

ignorant, lap-dog sycophants sitting there at attention awaiting their orders to completely destroy America.

[elleng]

2. What pardon?

'Commutation' being discussed, today.

[KWR65]

3. It isn't a pardon. It is a commutation of the sentence.

The President has board authority to pardon or commutative any person charged with a Federal Crime.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Drag his ass back up to testify in January.

[James48]

5. Unfortunately, there is no answer.

No prohibition in the Constitution on the President’s power to pardon. The framers likely considered that would be in the area of a high crime or misdemeanor. While they were brilliant framers, they didn’t couldn’t have anticipated an entire party going along with that level of corruption.

We’re all screwed.

[MLAA]

6. +1000

[exboyfil]

7. Ask George H. W. Bush

His Iran Contra pardons were self serving.

Clinton's library received a large infusion of cash from Marc Rich.

Plenty of examples of campaign contributors and supporters also receiving pardons (Armand Hammer).

[Locutusofborg]

8. The power to pardon or commute is unconditional

A president can pardon or commute the sentence of any one, for any reason, at any time.