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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump claims 'absolute right to PARDON myself' in latest Twitter rant
BRAD REED
04 JUN 2018 AT 08:38 ET
President Donald Trump on Monday claimed that he reserved the right to pardon himself should he ever be found guilty of any wrongdoing.
As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong? the president asked. In the meantime, the never ending Witch Hunt, led by 13 very Angry and Conflicted Democrats (& others) continues into the mid-terms!
Link to tweet
Trumps latest rant about pardoning himself for criminal wrongdoing comes after a leaked letter from Trumps legal team revealed that the president believes he has the absolute power to directly insert himself into the conduct of the FBI and Department of Justice a power that includes shutting down investigations of himself and his associates if he wants to do so.
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani over the weekend also said that Trump could have shot former FBI Director James Comey and it would still be impossible to indict him.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/trump-claims-absolute-right-pardon-latest-twitter-rant/
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)cuz that is what your leak of the letter is.......a threat.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)13 'Angry' and 'Conflicted' democrats
spanone
(135,844 posts)malaise
(269,057 posts)spanone
(135,844 posts)BootinUp
(47,165 posts)To the funny farm,
Cha
(297,323 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Kevin McCarthy was actually defending his use of pardons yesterday.
Chipper Chat
(9,681 posts)Maybe one is Will Rogers. Another could be LBJ. And Abraham Lincoln. Oh, wait..
Freethinker65
(10,024 posts)Then pardon yourself again. Marry Ivanka and Kim Kardashian. Give Jr. the state of Florida. Remodel the White House and plate it in solid gold. Go for it.
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)...assuming they could not indict him--even though it is a felony--Article 25 would probably then be used.
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)Clearly he is laying the groundwork for a self pardon since he knows Mueller has something on him.
This is good news as it confirms his guilt and he expects an indictment.
kentuck
(111,103 posts)..which I would hope, they do not.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)I wish I had some way to move out of this country. My mental health is suffering a lot over this
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)Cyberwar forces must be defeated here for a start.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)they think they are 'special' and can do any damn thing they want: lie, cheat on their wives, cheat business partners, assault women, and sell the USA out to freaking russia. Those thoughts are twisted and totally unAmerican. Sick.
Cha
(297,323 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)lawyer, former FBi agent and now Yale professor.. .she basically said that one of the few leftovers from the British monarchy is the presidential pardon and that a pardon assumes a grantor and a grantee, so Trump cannot be both and thus cannot pardon himself.
I'd put her word up against the word of Trump and Giuliani any day of the week.
I'd post the tweet again, but Twitter is blocked at work
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)which goes against the foundation of the Constitution.
Takket
(21,578 posts)Marthe48
(16,975 posts)and it isn't a pardon.