If the answer is yes, would it be a blanket pardon for all of indictable crimes? Can you imagine anything more convenient for Hunter Biden. Watch them try!
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Well if they were allowed and didn't then it would become apparent the resident is not president ..
According to https://www.justice.gov/pardon/frequently-asked-questions
"The President’s clemency power is conferred by Article II, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States, which provides: “The President . . . shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.” Thus, the President’s authority to grant clemency is limited to federal offenses and offenses prosecuted by the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in the name of the United States in the D.C. Superior Court. An offense that violates a state law is not an offense against the United States. A person who wishes to seek a pardon or a commutation of sentence for a state offense should contact the authorities of the state in which the conviction occurred. Such state authorities are typically the Governor or a state board of pardons and/or paroles, if the state government has created such a board."
So to answer your question, yes. Biden could issue a pardon that covers everything that Hunter may or may not have done. But that only protects from Federal Prosecution. Hunter will be safe from a nice cozy vacation in ClubFed, but he'll still be looking at multiple life sentences in each state he committed crimes in.
Unless of course... we could ever get that 2020 election thing sorted out. What's our motto? "Fraud vitiates ev...." ah I'm a broken record
Clinton did