06-09-2017, 12:09 PM
(06-09-2017, 11:59 AM)michaelsean Wrote: If you read the Dershowitz column I put, he thinks manipulating (ala Nixon) would come closer than just flat out ending it. He asked what if Trump just pardoned Flynn effectively ending the investigation on him. Can you impeach him for exercising his constitutionally given powers? One would hope not.
That would be one for constitutional scholars, but on the surface I believe they could. Pardons may be the purview of the POTUS, but pardons and grants of clemency are vetted by the DoJ and other administration officials for a reason. Obviously the POTUS could still decide to do so, but if it is something big that the person took part in and the IC and Congress are against it, then there could be an enormous backlash politically, and possible obstruction charges brought depending on timing.
There is no constitutional power that is limitless.
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