The United States president has an extraordinary power to pardon people accused of federal crimes – so much so that some legal scholars argue that sitting presidents can even pre-emptively pardon themselves.But that wouldn’t matter in the case of former President Donald Trump’s latest legal troubles in the state of Georgia, which are not subject to presidential pardons.The state-level charges, formally unveiled late on Monday, also cannot be pardoned by Georgia’s governor under the state’s constitution. Instead, the southern US state has an independent board that issues pardons, but such requests can only be made five years after a sentence is served.
Load More
Load More