Can the President Pardon Himself?

[KCfromNC]

I believe that Trump can do just that. "innocence" is not a legal term. After being pardoned, Trump couldn't be found guilty.

The president (and most of his team) believe that the
Mueller's investigate of Trump is a witch hunt. One way to make any hunt for crimes by his team irrelevant is to pardon everyone on his team, including himself. In theory, that would move Mueller's focus to Russian actions, rather than Trump team actions, since no action by a member of a Trump team member could be brought to trial.

The primary problem with this is the political problem. The optics are terrible. The Senate and House investigations would continue, asking for the same information that Mueller was asking for. And, of course, pardoning everyone could be considered "abuse of power", something previously found to be an impeachable offense, but not necessarily involving any illegal actions.

There's also the issue that the President can't pardon state crimes, only federal ones. Since it looks like accepting a pardon is an admission of guilt I'd imagine State AGs would get into the action (assuming they're not already).

 

[PeachyKeane]

View attachment 201947 The President's reply is also part of the story.

What is he replying to? And what is FAKE NEWS in this tweet? The leaks? The Presidential Pardoning Power? Does he just put FAKE NEWS at the end of all of his tweets now?

 

[Rion]

From my understanding, Trump can technically pardon anyone so long as it doesn't involve impeachment.

My anonymous sources said that he is also looking to pardon Bush for 9/11, Obama for faking his birth certificate, and Hillary Clinton for Foster's death.

 

[Goonie]

From my understanding, Trump can technically pardon anyone so long as it doesn't involve impeachment.

My anonymous sources said that he is also looking to pardon Bush for 9/11, Obama for faking his birth certificate, and Hillary Clinton for Foster's death.

Lol. And the funny thing is is given the impression That trump gives, this is believable

 

[TLK Valentine]

But the President is not proposing nor considering that - the media is, but the President is not.

Nevertheless, the man who has in the past claimed to be his own best adviser is finally turning to the experts for advice on Presidential matters... and out of all the topics he could (and desperately should) be asking about, it's pardons.

Granted, it doesn't prove anything, but the timing is a wee bit suspicious