There are plenty of news reports suggesting the senile, demented and corrupt 46th President will not be satisfied having pardoned his addict and criminal son, but that he would also issue "preemptive pardons" or "blanket pardons" in his waning days.
Well, there are many ways to ruin one's legacy! The 46th President during his entire term was very busy ruining it in many different ways and forms.
A Google Search for the definition of the two terms comes up empty!
My hunch is that a "preemptive pardon" or "blanket pardon" is a deliberate invention! Like pulling a rabbit out of a magician's hat to serve ideological or political purposes.
Caveat: I am not a legal expert.
There at least two main stream media articles about the latest presidential pardons, which claim something like following:
"An analysis by Harvard Law professor and former Justice Department official Jack Goldsmith found that 60 of the 65 pardons Mr. Trump granted before Wednesday went to individuals with personal or political connections to the president. Mr. Trump has bypassed the normal Justice Department process for reviewing pardons, frequently hearing appeals for clemency directly from celebrities or other friends, business associates or political allies." (Wall Street Journal)
"A tabulation by the Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith found that of Mr. Trump’s 45 pardons or commutations before Tuesday, 88 percent went to people with personal ties to the president or to people who furthered his political aims. The pardons “continue Trump’s unprecedented pattern of issuing self-serving pardons and commutations that advance his personal interests, reward friends, seek retribution against enemies, or gratify political constituencies,” Mr. Goldsmith said Tuesday. “Like his past pardons, most if not all of them appear to be based on insider recommendations rather than normal Justice Department vetting process.”"
Unfortunately, neither of these articles contain a link to the so called "analysis" or "tabulations"! When you Google it you will not find it (as of 12/24/2020).
"Jack Goldsmith is a professor at Harvard Law School and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He was an assistant attorney general in the George W. Bush administration." (Source) From his list of publications you could get the impression he is a never Trumper!
As a contributor to the Lawfare website, it is more than astonishing and a contradiction that Goldsmith criticizes President Trump's pardons in such a way! Perhaps, Goldsmith does not even understand how much lawfare was applied against President Trump!
If indeed President Trump pardoned so far many that were connected to him, then this is a just reaction to the egregious, relentless, and unprecedented 4 years long coup attempts against a U.S. president by the swamp! Entrapment and coerced statements from people close to President Trump were means of the these coup attempts!
