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Originally Posted by Cybercowboy

And this is what the law says about Presidential pardons.

The leading Supreme Court case is Ex parte Garland (1867). Justice Stephen J. Field, writing for the Court in a 5-4 decision, held that the President's pardoning power is ''unlimited,'' and ''It extends to every offense known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken, or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.''

Obama could easily still pardon Hillary. Just FYI.

Interesting. I heard that the possibility of pardoning Snowden was actually an impossibility because there have been no legal proceedings. That report had to be incorrect.