George Mason said in 1788 that a President should not be granted the power to pardon ...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

George Mason, delegate to Constitutional Convention, said in 1788 that a President should not be granted power to pardon because he might "pardon crimes which were advised by himself. It may happen, at some future day, that he will establish a monarchy, and destroy the republic."

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[PoliticAverse]

1. Mason's objection was countered by James Madison...

“There is one security in this case to which gentlemen may not have adverted: if the President be connected, in any suspicious manner, with any person, and there be grounds to believe he will shelter him, the House of Representatives can impeach him; they can remove him if found guilty.”

Which is why no such limitation made it into the final version of the Constitution.

See: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/07/25/the-pardon-power-and-original-intent/

[Cirque du So-What]

3. You make it sound so simple, Mr. Madison

You didn’t count on a corrupt senate overturning the will of the house.

[dchill]

4. Like THAT could ever happen.

[napi21]

2. Well, he's going to be gone so no need for impeachment! Tank God. His buds would still not kick

him out!

[SCantiGOP]

5. They also knew that George Washington

was going to be President.
If your model is Washington, something like trump couldn’t be imagined.