basics. flynn, he has an active case against him. he has he s looking at sentencing. exposure. he will in likelihood have some kind of sentence handed to him. the president could pardon him, absolutely, and it could be done like that. tomorrow. michael cohen, we have no clue what this investigation will yield, if it will be any charges f there will be charges that are threatening to michael cohen s ultimate freedom, and if there would be something he could offer up about the president of the united states that would make this whole flip conjecture ever come home to roost, but he could be pardoned today. you can be pardoned in advance of any criminal charges, most famously gerald ford pardoned richard nixon before he was charged with anything. there s no requirement that there be a pending criminal case in order for a pardon to take place. all of this talk now about well, you would still have state charges possible. you don t see it from a practicality standpoint at this p