So far hes only done half of what Clinton and others did. The really interesting thing will be preemptive pardons that are expected protecting some form being prosecuted in the first place.
I dont obviously agree with all pardons but we are known for one party doing witch hunts on the other
Except, Clinton did not commute the sentence of a member of HIS administration accused of obstruction of justice...
Its not about witch hunts... its about whether a criminal, once elected president, can commit or endorse others to commit any amount or class of crime... and simply get off scot free by pardoning himself and his henchmen.
Regardless of who is in office, power corrupts. And power without accountability is the most corrupting of all.
The pardon of Nixon set a dangerous precedent... the idea that a president should not be prosecuted for crimes in office....
And certainly part of the reason we are in this fix today was the total unwillingness of republicans in power to investigate or question a republican president.
I think we should amend the constitution... the ONE group of people the president should not be allowed to pardon is any member of his OWN administration.
Let the incoming president determine if a former flunky ought to be let off the hook...
But for a president to be able to pardon ANY person who works for him is to invite the president to solicit criminal activity.