presidential pardons

  • Is Preemptive Pardoning a Real Thing a U.S. President Can Do?

    Is Preemptive Pardoning a Real Thing a U.S. President Can Do?

    Sam Blum

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    The second the clock strikes noon on January 20, 2021, Donald Trump will no longer be the sitting U.S. president, but a man standing before an unprecedented set of legal issues. Staggering debts to a foreign bank and looming investigations from the New York Attorney General’s office and Manhattan District Attorney’s office comprise just a…