Nikki Haley: I Would Be “Inclined” To Pardon Trump

The Washington Examiner reports:

2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she would be “inclined” to pardon former President Donald Trump if he is convicted of federal crimes but that it is “premature” to make a decision at this point.

Haley said in a Tuesday interview with The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show that her actions toward pardoning Trump will be decided based on how the trial plays out. “We need to see exactly what happened. But when you look at a pardon, the issue is less about guilt and more about what’s good for the country,” Haley said.

“And I think it would be terrible for the country to have a former president in prison for years because of a documents case. That’s something you’ve seen in a third-world country,” she continued, drawing on her experiences from serving as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under Trump’s administration.

Read the full article. Just yesterday, Haley said that if the charges are true, Trump was “incredibly reckless” and “put our military men and women in danger.”

.@NikkiHaley said she’d be “inclined in favor of a pardon” for @realDonaldTrump if he were convicted on federal charges in the classified documents case. | @brittybernstein https://t.co/q6oSkPlfAi

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