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Zoonart

(11,907 posts)
13. Also-
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:51 AM
Feb 2020

If the pardon power is used with criminal intent then, no, the pardon power is not unlimited. The pardon power can, for example, be used for obstruction of justice, which is a serious crime. So the use of pardon power for Roger Stone or say, Paul Manafort could be viewed as obstruction of justice.

Especially in light of the testimony of Julian Assange in Britain, during which his lawyers asserted that Roger's buddy Assange was offered a pardon if he would announce to the world that Russia had not been involved in the DNC hack. A message that had been , it is surmised, delivered by Dana Rohrabacher. Lawyers do not make claims like this in open court if they do not have evidence to back it up.

So... the whole pardon thin in this case, is a very slippery slope for the Con.

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