Read a claim earlier on this board that...

[lame54]

Conspiracy charges can't be Pardoned

Having trouble verifying this

Is this true?

[Qutzupalotl]

1. If the president is named as a co-conspirator

(unindicted or not), he cannot pardon his co-conspirators, is what I’ve heard.

[PoliticAverse]

2. It's speculation. There's no specific exclusion for that in the Constitution.

Only if a case makes it to the Supreme Court would we see if the court would decide
the President can't pardon someone charged in a conspiracy with the President.

Nixon was listed as "an un-indicted co-conspirator". Trump hasn't been formally listed
or charged in a conspiracy.

[MineralMan]

3. Nothing that limits that in the Constitution.

Presidential pardoning power is defined only in that document. Nothing else applies. It's a purely constitutional thing.

So, I wouldn't say that conspiracy charges can't be subject to pardons. Nothing about that exists in the Constitution.

[lame54]

4. Thanks

[Jersey Devil]

5. No, it is not true

There is no Constitutional limit on the President's power to pardon.

[kentuck]

6. Is there a difference in the letter of the law and the spirit of the law?

Common sense would tell us that a person under investigation cannot pardon someone else under investigation.