# Can acceptance of a pardon be used as admission of guilt in civil court? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 11, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-acceptance-of-a-pardon-be-used-as-admission-of-guilt-in-civil-court/925260 "2020-11-11T01:07:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-acceptance-of-a-pardon-be-used-as-admission-of-guilt-in-civil-court/925260/20 "2020-11-12T01:14:07Z")
> [@The American Coup: 11.9.2020 -](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/200): > > If it is, the best thing to do is to write, call or email the major corporations of this country, the ones who donate to the Republican Party, and politely inform them that you probably won’t be around to patronize any of their products or services because you are likely not going to survive once the armed forces put down the insurrection that will happen if the Repubs overturn the results of the popular vote. Is there such a list? I thought major corporations routinely donated to both parties and thus ensure that they have the ear of the winner. > **[Democrats and Republicans Sharing Big-Dollar Donors, DCCC’s Million-Dollar...](https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/11/democrats-and-republicans-sharing-b/)** > > The Democratic Governors Association and Republican Governors Association share 48 top donors, a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of the group's top 100 non-individual donors indicates... > [@doreen](#): > > It’s not clear if a president can pardon himself- it’s never been done. But if anyone tries it and there’s evidence of criminality the matter will surely end up being decided in court. If they say he can’t pardon himself, he can 1) resign, making Pence president, then 2) have Pence pardon him, and 3) the quid pro quo will get a legal test. From that article about the Nixon thing: > In a _[Washington Post](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post)_ story published the night Ford died, journalist [Bob Woodward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Woodward) said that Ford once told Woodward he decided to pardon Nixon for other reasons, primarily the friendship that Ford and Nixon shared.[[7]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon_of_Richard_Nixon#cite_note-shanescott-7) Not exactly blind justice. He’s always asterisked in my brain as the POTUS who was essentially appointed by a crook, not elected by the voters. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-acceptance-of-a-pardon-be-used-as-admission-of-guilt-in-civil-court/925260)._