Will obama give Hilary and Bill blanket pardon??
Leaving Bill out of the discussion, I am willing to state flatly
no. Or at least, not fully. There are reasons to suspect, and frankly evidence suggests it, that Hillary Clinton has committed treason, not just "in and against" the United States, but in processes that may have been to the benefit of
foreign interests, and possibly deliberately. For the life of me, I am shocked that I have no memory of reading on this message board that Hillary Clinton may be a _ _ _.
A pardon prior to being charged for an offense (pre-emptive pardon is the phrase commonly used) would be similar to what was granted to Nixon - more correctly described as an "act of clemency." One could argue these semantics for the purpose of saying that Nixon was not pardoned but that would but very silly. Same result.
Clemency for Hillary would most certainly be received in the public mind as pardon, and would rank her among the most notable pardons of all time and, frankly, would only (1) make legitimate her crimes and (2) clearly establish that AG Loretta Lynch failed miserably. Some digression there, but just more reason why Obama will not do it.
My favorite example for Hillary consideration is the Debs "partial pardon". Not sure exactly when that pardon was given, I'm sure somebody here does, Jam seems pretty savvy about these things. Debs actually ran for president while in jail during WW1 (or maybe it was after). Jailed for going beyond mere opposition to the war by organizing draft avoidance. I think he was convicted through the espionage act. Lost his citizenship, but for some token reason restored by congress sometime much later - 60s or 70s.
I don't know why the reason Debs got only a partial pardon . . . could it be for suspicion of treason? Is that is the one unforgivable thing? Other famous examples might say no, as it could be argued that all confederate soldiers committed treason, and were pardoned.
Obama has not forgotten that it was HRC that started the birther movement. the mass of dems and liberal flock-sheep can have it their way, but Obama has it is . . . he knows who pushed that snowball down the mountain. He knows who scoured the world, found that picture of him in his full muslim garb, put it on the web forever. He knows who failed to do her job well enough, so that what he did, wrong as it was, but in his mind moral and just, is now on the brink of collapse. He will not seal his legacy with this question put to him forever:
did you pardon treason?