Pardon

Using the old teenage defense, mom everyone is doing it, Trump could pardon General Flynn based on the General Cartwright case. WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday pardoned James E. Cartwright, a retired Marine Corps general and former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. about his discussions with reporters about Iran’s nuclear program, saving him from a possible prison sentence. It appears Trump would rather wait and see.