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Originally Posted by Slava
Apparently not. You can be pardoned for crimes committed, but not been charged for. I was reading about this a week or two ago and it’s a bizarre system. I think Nixon was pardoned for crimes committed during his presidency (which would cover a set timeframe), but that’s one of the wrinkles.
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It was never tested though in Nixon. For all intents and purposes, a blanket pardon could be a meaningless gesture. The first case would probably eventually end up in the Supreme Court and that would determine how any other untried pardons are handled.