Talk politics.

There are numerous accounts in the media right now that the president is considering granting pardons to himself, Eric, Don Jr., Ivanka and Jared Kushner and Rudy Giuliani. The question I have is, wouldn't you only grant pardons if you knew they had all committed crimes for which they could all incur legal criminal punishment?

Can he even issue a pre-emptive pardon? Doesn't it have to be for something specific that already happened? Otherwise, the person with the pardon could go on a wild crime spree without consequence. I am not an expert, so please enlighten me on this.

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