read what i posted about how pardons are NOT absolute, idiot.
I did. It is YOU who aren't reading, idiot.
It was suggested that Mannafort could "lose everything" by a civil suit. He can't if he gets pardoned. Nobody can that has been pardoned.
Presidential pardons ARE ABSOLUTE.
Example: Lets say you are found guilty of a federal crime and are sentenced to 2 years in prison and a 200,000 dollar fine.
The President pardons you.
That's it. It's over.
The Federal Government can't then walk down to civil court and say, "We'd like to sue rkymtnman for 200,000 dollars for this crime he committed."
The judge will have them thrown out of court head first.
Since you have been pardoned for that crime, no crime was ever committed, ergo the federal government has no standing to sue you in civil court, ergo presidential pardons ARE ABSOLUTE.