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- Georgia is a rare state that gives pardon power to an independent board instead of the governor.
- The board also doesn't have the power to grant preemptive pardons, which is bad news for Trump.
- He'll need to serve five years before he even can ask for one.
Trump can't pardon himself out of this one.
If the former president is convicted in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's new criminal case against him, he'll have to serve five years before he can be pardoned.