Nikki Haley: If I Were President and Trump Was Convicted in Federal Court, I'd Pardon Him

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71% : Despite his legal challenges, Trump remains the party's front-runner; in the latest national polling average from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ, Trump led Haley by 62.9 percentage points, 79.1 percent to Haley's 16.2 percent.
54% : If Haley were somehow to defeat the odds, though, she might just get a call from Donald Trump asking for a little favor.
48% : "Watch:Haley continued, saying that it wouldn't be in the best interests of the country to lock up an elderly man and further inflame political passions in the nation.
46% : "I believe, in the best interest of bringing the country together, I would pardon Donald Trump.
38% : Related:Even MSNBC Host Katy Tur Questions Trump's $354M Judgment and Business Ban - 'Is This Fair?'Trump Blasts Decision to Not Charge Biden in Classified Docs Case, Demands DOJ Drop Cases Against HimAll the cases against Trump don't seem to have negatively affected his support; in fact, his numbers are higher than before the indictments started flying in.
34% : Twitter Totally Clowns Haley Into Oblivion After Ill-Advised Post on Male GOP Nom ContendersHaley's X Account Fail Gets Even Stranger, With a Spree of Over 20 Posts in ONE HourOn Sunday night, she appeared on Fox News for a town hall and declared that if she were president and Trump was convicted in one of the many cases currently against him, she would pardon the former commander-in-chief.
26% : Trump currently faces four criminal indictments, including two on the federal level brought by special counsel Jack Smith -- one related to his alleged efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election and another for allegedly willfully retaining national security information and obstructing efforts by the federal government to retrieve the document.
25% : She didn't dodge the question, instead answering flat-out in the affirmative:"If you're talking about pardoning Trump, it's not a matter of innocence or guilt at that point, because that means he would have already been found guilty," Haley said at the town hall, hosted by John Roberts.
18% : An audience member asked, "Governor Haley if you were elected president, would you pardon Trump if he was convicted of a crime in federal court?"

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