GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said she would pardon former President Donald Trump if he is convicted.
During a Dec. 28 town hall in New Hampshire, just weeks until the Iowa Caucus and just under a month until the first-in-the-nation primary, a 9-year-old girl asked the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations if she would pardon the former president, who dominates in the polls despite his legal woes.
“I would pardon Trump,” said Ms. Haley.
“If he is found guilty, a leader needs to think about what’s in the best interest of the country,” she added. “What’s in the best interest of the country is not to have an 80-year-old man sitting in jail, that continues to divide our country. What’s in the best interest of the country would be to pardon him so that we can move on as a country and no longer talk about him.”…
