Even if Pence tries that, it might not affect the impending criminal indictment in New York state.
I don't think the courts ever established whether the sort of "and anything else we haven't heard about" pardon Ford gave Nixon was legally binding--and I would enjoy seeing Rudy Giuliani--or a competent lawyer, if Trump notices that Giuliani isn't--trying to convince a New York judge that a pardon that came before a trial and conviction could be legally binding.
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Date: 2020-11-09 03:59 pm (UTC)I don't think the courts ever established whether the sort of "and anything else we haven't heard about" pardon Ford gave Nixon was legally binding--and I would enjoy seeing Rudy Giuliani--or a competent lawyer, if Trump notices that Giuliani isn't--trying to convince a New York judge that a pardon that came before a trial and conviction could be legally binding.