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Do any of the President's advisers have criminal records?
The president
no.
The President does not have the power to confiscate anything from private citizens. Only the courts can do this, and then only as punitive action due to criminal activity.
The President can pardon criminals : release them from criminal responsibility for illegal acts, and/or from sentences imposed by criminal convictions.
yes.
The US president can pardon people for federal offenses.
Yes, the president can issue pardons for federal offenses.
The president has granted the criminal a reprieve.
Well, if he knocked the president unconscious, then he's called a "criminal".
There is no legal reason why a former criminal can not be President. However, it is exceedinlgy unlikely that such as individual would be nominated and elected.
ANYTHING is Possible.