This didn't really happen did it?
Sessions: My understanding is that pardon can be made before a conviction occurs, is that your understanding?
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Oh boy. The whole thing makes me want to drink acid.
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So he really did say it?
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Pre-emptive pardons are legal, but (for obvious reasons) extremely rare. And they may NOT be used to obstruct justice.
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How can you be pardoned for something you are not convicted of, in the first place, as the law is there to prove you innocent or guilty?.
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If only there was someone there from the DOJ to clarify
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Ford pardoned Nixon not only before a conviction, but before any indictment. (can’t recall if he was named as an unindicted co-conspirator).
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Never been tested in court before
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He idea of Trump pardoning family or coconspirators is nauseating, but as a technical matter, Sessions is correct. http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2444&context=wmlr …
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That is not only NOT the Constitutional understanding even http://m-w.com is all WTAF?
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Only if the pardon doesn't cause obstruction of justice, from what little I know.
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Ford/Nixon.
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