• Diva (she/her)@lemmy.ml
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      6 days ago

      the president can in fact pardon someone before they are convicted of a crime! Nixon famously pardoned by Ford

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        And more recently we learned when Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio after he was convicted, but before he was sentenced, that a pardon doesn’t vacate a conviction.