jeffwRomney Says He’d ‘Have Immediately Pardoned’ Trump If He Were Biden
DrusasDoesn't there have to be a conviction in order for there to be a pardon? Or is that a myth?
That’s what I was going to say. Pretty sure it’s true. I read something a while ago about people who had been pardoned, not realizing that it’s an admission of guilt. I think a person can even turn down a pardon on that basis, but I’m not positive on that last part.
None of that is true. Nixon was never charged, let alone convicted of any crimes. And pardons can be completely general and not even specify an explicit crime at all. President Ford’s pardon of Nixon, for example, was for “all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974” So, no. A charges or convictions are not required, nor even a crime at all.
I see, but the guilt IS still a thing.
What about the person denying the pardon part?
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.