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I just want to note that the president can give pardons for federal crimes, but not for state level crimes.

[Maarten88 → infinite_spin]

> I just want to note that the president can give pardons for federal crimes, but not for state level crimes.

He can and he did, it just does not work.

But he can make the governor do it, which did work at least once.

[throwaway81523 → infinite_spin]

Yes, you do a state prosecution even if there are already federal charges, since Trump can only pardon federal charges. Pardoning state charges, though, can be done by the state governor, same deal. So you do all 50 states to be very nearly sure.