re: Can the President pardon someone for a felony?

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If that statute takes away a power the President is given by the Constitution it is not worth the paper it's printed on. Cfpb should ring a bell

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Tell that to the courts. The special counsel does not serve at the pleasure of the president. There are set guidlines for hiring and firing SC’s. and who holds such power. The Saturday night massacre which Terry posted left out a key element of the firing of the Watergate sc. Nixon did not fire the SC. The acting ag did after the Ag refused to fire the special counsel as Nixon had demanded. The matter went to court and it was ruled the firing was illegal because the sc had not violated any of the statute. Simply put, the president does not have the authority to fire the special counsel. Period end of story.