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Originally Posted by Hugh
It's not - he can pardon others, but not himself.
He can't be his own judge and jury.
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The Constitution does not say that in the Presidents Power to Pardon.
The only exception it lays out is he cannot pardon in cases of impeachment.
As it stands. A sitting President cannot be indicted, so he cannot pardon himself without first facing an indictment, thus, creating a catch 22 situation.
There is nothing in the Consitution that says he cannot pardon himself, however it would create a constitutional crisis and he could be finished politically, as he can still be impeached, he could be accused of abusing Presidents power to pardon himself or possibly family.
Other charges can still be levied against him once removed from office, it would require a Pardon from Pence. But Pence has to think of his own reputation. When President Ford pardoned Nixon in 1974, he never recovered politically.
The fact that Trump is weighing up this option does not necessarily imply guilt, because he is so politically illiterate, he is showing the mentality that he is fed up of having a dark cloud over his Presidency, and is just about willing to do what he can to end this cloud. He has said he just wants to get on with the task he was elected to do, it don't help that he has a liberal media against him.
These illegal intelligence leaks to the Washington Post and New York Times need to be addressed, someone internally has them on speed dial. There is clearly Obama people still in play here.