Comments by "craxd1" (@craxd1) on "Dr. Gorka: Manning commutation has 'rewarded a traitor'" video.
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Rene Robyn; You do not need to be convicted of a crime for the president to issue a pardon. As an example, Richard Nixon was never convicted of a crime, but he was to be impeached, so he stepped down. Gerald Ford pardoned him as soon as he was sworn into office. The president can pardon you for any crime that you may have committed, without an indictment or conviction. Dick Morris, who used to work for the Clintons, has also stated that he was sure that Obama would try to quietly pardon her today, or tomorrow morning.
Obama should pardon Hillary Clinton, former assistant US attorney [Robert Begleiter] says:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/19/obama-should-pardon-hillary-clinton-former-assistant-us-attorney-says.html
"Under Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution which states that the President "shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment." The U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted this language to include the power to grant pardons, conditional pardons, commutations of sentence, conditional commutations of sentence, remissions of fines and forfeitures, respites, and amnesties."
"A presidential pardon may be granted at any time, however, and as when Ford pardoned Nixon, the pardoned person need not yet have been convicted or even formally charged with a crime."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon#United_States
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Hernan Visani; Yes, that is the pardon, however Nixon was never convicted of any crime, which is why it states that he "may have committed or taken part in." As Trey Gowdy explained it rather well, an impeachment is not a conviction, but a punishment, the same as firing an employee. Nixon was being investigated for his part in covering up the "plumbers" antics by the FBI, who was leaking the info on him to start with. It never made it anywhere, as he stepped down as president, and received this pardon immediately after Ford took office, which quashed any crimes that he did before he could be held accountable.
My guess, is that Obama will date his pardon back to at least the start of the Clinton Foundation's creation. If he doesn't, she could be held accountable for her part in any crimes committed by the foundation between the foundation's incorporation, and the starting date listed on the pardon. He may even date it back to clear her of any wrongdoing during Nixon's time, where she was caught destroying documents. That would cover her entire life after college.
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