Also when Bush was leaving office he pardoned several people involved in the Iran-Contra affair including Weinberger who had yet to stand trial. He, however, had been at least charged and the pardon wasn't a generic "of all wrong doing" type.
Lincoln also pre-emptively pardoned Confederate soldiers, so maybe it is a bit more enshrined and less controversial than I thought. What would be controversial, obviously, is if Trump can pardon himself.
Of course he can only pardon people at the federal level so state level could still get him and/or anyone else of any state crimes if they had committed them.
Last edited by Oling_Roachinen; 12-02-2020 at 01:07 AM.
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