The ultimate lame-duck move? How President Obama could actually pardon Hillary Clinton
By: Brian Darling | Conservative Review
Nov 1, 2016
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The power of President Obama to pre-emptively pardon Hillary Clinton has been established, and under the two likely election scenarios presented below there are reasons to believe that he will.

If Hillary wins the election, it would seem like something Obama might do because he has publicly stated that he didn’t think Hillary’s mishandling of classified information “posed a national security problem.” Remember that Obama reportedly used a pseudonym in emails with Clinton, too. For those two reasons, it seems reasonable to believe that President Obama would issue a pardon to clean the slate and let Hillary take office without the possibility of this legal question clouding her tenure as president of the United States. It would be ethically wrong, but perfectly within the power of a president under the Constitution.

If Trump wins the election, it would also seem like something President Obama might do to protect an elongated prosecution of a former presidential candidate. Again, President Obama would not want this litigated under a Republican administration, therefore it seems like he has a strong motive to pardon under either circumstance.

A reporter needs to ask President Obama right now if he will take a pardon off the table.