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Yes, Julia...President Bush can issue preemptive pardons for potentially criminal activity committed during his term in office. In fact, a resolution was introduced in the House of Representatives last month to prevent exactly that. I don't know the current status of that resolution...probably buried deep in some committee.  Rep. Nadler Moves to Prevent Pre-Emptive White House Pardons
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, introduced a Resolution in the House of Representatives demanding that President Bush refrain from issuing pre-emptive pardons of senior officials in his Administration during the final 90 days of office. H.RES.1531 is in response to President Bush’s widespread abuses of power and potentially criminal transgressions against our Constitution. The Resolution aims to prevent undeserved pardons of officials who may have been co-conspirators in the President’s unconstitutional policies, such as torture, illegal surveillance and curtailing of due process for defendants.
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