Giuliani asks for pre-emptive pardon...

[Doctor Phibes]

I know, it's the Daily Mail

Can you be pardoned for something you haven't been convicted of yet? It sounds a bit like a Monopoly Get out of Jail Free card.

[jon-nyc]

He should wait until the end of the second term he’s going to secure for Trump.

[Doctor Phibes]

Nobody's going to stick the old guy in jail in 2028.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Giuliani asks for pre-emptive pardon...:

Can you be pardoned for something you haven't been convicted of yet?

Sure. Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon preemptively.

[Doctor Phibes]

After Ford left the White House in 1977, he privately justified his pardon of Nixon by carrying in his wallet a portion of the text of Burdick v. United States, a 1915 U.S. Supreme Court decision that stated that a pardon carries an imputation of guilt and that its acceptance carries a confession of guilt.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes I don't thing Rudy cares about that at this point in his life. He just doesn't want to go to Club Fed.

[Loki]

Maybe the democrats will give the GOP the gift of going after many people in Trump’s Adminstration. 2022 already looks like a good set up for the GOP to retake the House these acts would ensure that.

[jon-nyc]

I think Rudy’s chances are looking good.

[Doctor Phibes]

I LOL'd