What happened to President Walker's immunity?
When Claire was talking to the woman during the campaign, we heard that the woman said, "like when he pardoned Walker and the other guy, the rich one"
I understand why he pardoned Tusk, but why would Walker be subjected to charges if he was the President of the United States, which in my knowledge, cannot be persecuted.
Is it because he 'was' the POTUS when he resigned, so he could be charged again with cases he did during his presidency; or because the alleged corruption was done before he became the POTUS, which is during his campaigning.
Best Answer
Remember Garrett Walker was facing the impeachment and a special investigation for his participation in the Feng-Tusk money laundering's scheme through international donations.
Walker resigned before the impeachment but the investigation was ongoing; we can assume also that the investigation ended because Frank's orders. After all, the Justice Department didn't take part with FULL authority, because the "special" part. And if the investigation finished finding Walker guilty, I bet Underwood gave him the pardon, just like Raymond Tusk.
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