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Originally Posted by D as in David
All the talk about him pardoning himself - isn't the power to pardon only granted towards convictions? Trump isn't likely to be convicted of any of the (potential federal charges) until after he is no longer president so is there some way he could grant a conditional pardon for future convictions?
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Gerald Ford Pardoned Nixon for crimes that may have been committed. There was never a listing of potential crimes or an admission from Nixon.
Nixon’s AG at the time wrote a brief stating you can’t self pardon.
None of this has been tested at the Supreme Court so the answer really is we don’t know if Fords Pardom of Nixon without listing crimes would have held up and we don’t know how a court would rule on a self- Pardon.