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Seenso | 6 years ago

> A pardon is not possible because she has not been convicted of any crime.

Is that true? Wasn't Nixon pardoned for his crimes without actually being convicted of anything? He didn't even manage to get impeached, since he resigned before that could happen.

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Mountain_Skies|6 years ago

A quick web search shows this to be a matter of some dispute. Some cases have been ruled in favor of the executive being able to pardon contempt while others have declared contempt to not be an offense as defined by the Constitution and therefore not pardonable.