Haley Says She Would Not Preemptively Pardon Trump

GOP presidential candidate reiterated her pledge to pardon the former president should he be convicted

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at a CNN Town Hall at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 4, 2024, in a still from video. CNN/Screenshot via NTD

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley said on Jan. 18 that she would not preemptively pardon former President Donald Trump.

During a town hall at New England College in New Hampshire–five days before the first-in-the-nation primary–Jake Tapper of CNN, serving as moderator, asked the former South Carolina governor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations if she would, as president, pardon President Trump if his legal cases were still ongoing.