Don’t pardoned people by definition need to have been convicted of a crime whether real or in some select instances otherwise? Can you pardon someone not convicted of a (federal) crime?
replyPreemptive pardons have been used in recent history.
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Yes, the last president pardoned himself and his family on his way out.
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