I just read an article which says that Trump is planning to give a pardon to Saudi Prince, and the first thing that came to my mind was is this the pardon for the khashoggi murder, but it turns out that this pardon is for a planned murder attempt on Saad Aljabri.
It’s pertinent to note that the attempt never took place, but yet Saad Aljabri had filed a case against the crown prince, and now if Trump does gives the Prince a pardon he’ll make him look guilty of this crime
. What do you’ll think will the crown prince get the pardon or he won’t?.
Source:
https://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/531414-trump-administration-considering-immunity-forNot going to touch on the actual topic itself, though they're considering giving immunity to him from a civil lawsuit which is going through the courts now. Not a pardon or anything like that because a pardon does nothing for someone that committed a crime in another country as they can't be prosecuted for their crimes in the US anyway.
Don't you have to be charged with some sort of crime to pardon yourself?
No. There are no limits to the pardon power, except that only the President can issue a pardon for crimes against the United States (Federal crimes). After the Civil War was over, President Johnson
pardoned all the confederate soldiers in order to heal the country.
Will he try to pardon himself??
Why? He didn't do anything wrong. Allegedly. Nor did any of his family members or family pets like Giuliani. Surely he wouldn't be pardoning them for no reason.
Trump and his associates will likely be prosecuted for political reasons by the next administration, especially those associated with Harris. A pardon would preempt those political prosecutions.
Don't you have to accept responsibility for the actions that they're pardoning for to actually be pardoned? Which is pretty much accepting guilt for the crime that you're accused of, even if it's completely wiped off your record anyway.
Biden has signaled that he won't be using the DOJ to attack Trump, though It'd be understandable tot think that Trump does not trust that in the least.
