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Johnson backs bill to allow presidents to push state cases to federal court
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is endorsing a bill that would allow presidents to move any state-level prosecutions or civil suits in which they are named to federal court, potentially clearing the way for their dismissal or pardon.  The legislation from Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.) would allow both sitting and former presidents and vice presidents to bump such cases to the federal court system.  Federal prosecutors could then choose to drop the state-level case. Should a former president get convicted, it would clear the way for the sitting president to issue a pardon. Presidents have no power to pardon state-level convictions. “We're trying to preserve the integrity of the justice s

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