Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Sunday reiterated her plan to pardon her rival, Donald Trump, if she wins the presidential election in November and is convicted of criminal charges.
“I believe in the best interest of uniting the country, I will pardon Donald Trump, because I think it’s important for the country to move forward,” Haley, 52, told Fox News Town. He spoke in the hall.
The former South Carolina governor said any decision to pardon the 77-year-old Trump “isn’t a question of innocence or guilt at that point, because it means he’s already been convicted.” ” he emphasized.
Haley served as Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations for 23 months and has repeatedly expressed her intention to use her pardon power against her former boss.
But she also refused Possibility of granting a pre-emptive pardon to President Trump.
In 1974, former President Gerald Ford granted an unconditional pardon to his predecessor, Richard Nixon, exempting him from criminal liability following the Watergate scandal.
President Trump, 77, faces 91 criminal charges in four separate indictments. The first criminal case, in which he is accused of falsifying business records to conceal hush money payments, is scheduled to go to trial in Manhattan on March 25.
The former president has pleaded not guilty to all charges brought against him and denied wrongdoing.
Last week, a judge ordered President Trump to collect $355 million on civil fraud charges, but that amount could jump to $450 million with interest.
Last month, the 45th president was ordered to pay $83.3 million in damages on advice from columnist E. Jean Carroll.
Haley has escalated her attacks on Trump in recent weeks, accusing him of dumping campaign funds to cover legal costs and saying her “disruption” will cost Republicans dearly at the polls. I warned you.
“I’m running against him because I don’t think he should be president,” Haley said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “I don’t think he’s the right person at the right time.”
In the interview, Haley declined to say whether she planned to vote for Trump, which she had already decided to do last year.
Haley on Monday admonished President Trump for “blaming America and comparing our country to Russia” for his response to the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny.
President Trump on Monday broke days of silence following Navalny’s death, likening it to his own legal troubles and refraining from naming Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The 45th president has now stepped up his attacks on Haley, regularly calling her a “birdbrain,” bashing her husband, promoting a birther conspiracy, and threatening her to drop out of the race. I’m furious that he refused.
“I will never give up,” Haley vowed while campaigning in Rock Hill, South Carolina, over the weekend, pushing back against calls for her to leave.
Trump has won 63 delegates to Haley’s 17, making her the clear favorite in all remaining Republican races, and will next be in her home state of South Carolina on February 24th. It is scheduled to be held at
