[Magdalen] Pardons

[Eleanor Braun]

And bear in mind -- if Trump purports to pardon himself, that has no effect
on impeachment, other than making it more likely.

Eleanor

On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 3:58 PM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe he'll hold off until Thanksgiving
> (when there's a tradition of pardoning a turkey).
> -M
>
> On Saturday, July 22, 2017, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Interesting question.  Ford's pardon covered a specific period of time,
> but
> > not specific acts.  It looks to me that if it were later discovered that
> > Nixon had stolen undelivered mail from the Post Office (a federal crime),
> > or had kidnapped Daniel Ellsburg's psychiatrist, he would be pardoned for
> > those also, if committed in that time period.
> >
> >
>