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“Generally criminal contempt is within the power of the president, but civil contempt is not,” Margaret Love, a lawyer who served as the Justice Department pardon attorney in the 1990s, told Business Insider.
So Rudy is still on the hook for the millions he owes to the election workers. trump is a bully and he makes threats that he hardly ever carries through. But unless he changes the Constitution, he cannot pardon Mister Hair Dye.
Can Trump pardon Giuliani in the Georgia election workers’ defamation case?
No. The defamation case brought by Freeman and Moss is a civil suit. The president can grant pardons only for federal criminal offenses.Can Trump pardon Giuliani for contempt of court?
No, the president can’t save Giuliani from jail or fines incurred from flouting court orders in the civil case.“Generally criminal contempt is within the power of the president, but civil contempt is not,” Margaret Love, a lawyer who served as the Justice Department pardon attorney in the 1990s, told Business Insider.
So Rudy is still on the hook for the millions he owes to the election workers. trump is a bully and he makes threats that he hardly ever carries through. But unless he changes the Constitution, he cannot pardon Mister Hair Dye.