> yes, a u.s. president can issue preemptive pardons. this authority stems from article ii, section 2 of the constitution, which grants the president broad powers to issue pardons for federal offenses. a preemptive pardon applies to actions that have occurred but for which charges have not yet been filed. the precedent for this was established most notably in 1974 when president gerald ford issued a preemptive pardon to richard nixon after his resignation during the watergate scandal, even though nixon had not been formally charged. (perplexity.ai) the returns on mossad's assassination of jfk after demanding inspections of dimona just keep on coming.
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