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In reply to the discussion: *****BREAKING*****WAPO- Trump considering pardoning himself and criminal associates [View all]PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)in court have you accepted it yet? According the court's opinion it seems the answer is no.
So it seems before the question is raised in court the pardoned person's accept or reject
option remains.
Interesting question about the secret pardon. To be invoked the recipient would have to tell someone
(judge or prosecutor) and at that point it seems it would become public knowledge.
Suppose a President gives a "secret pardon" to someone while president and after they are no longer
President that person is being accused of a crime and they produce the pardon letter at that time - would
the court accept it? Would the ex-President have to testify as to the validity of that pardon?
Wouldn't that be subject to abuse allowing an unscrupulous ex-president to grant pardons after
their presidential term ended?