Trump has sure boxed himself in

For defying a valid subpoena requiring the person to testify, he or she can be jailed for contempt of court (or contempt of Congress, if the subpoena was issued by a Congressional committee).

Robert Mueller, as special counsel to the Department of Justice, has the power to issue subpoenas.

and once they have done that, they can't fall back on the Fifth Amendment. Donnie Two Scoops may outsmart himself if he starts issuing pardons.

and people he pardoned that can't fall back on the 5th A - and they rat him out - to lead to his impeachment - would he still be susceptible to further legal action against him that would lead him to be jailed?

note, however, that as long as he *is* potus, he can still pardon his cronies not only for their original misdeeds, but also for refusing to then testify against him.

GOOD!

first he'll pardon all his cronies.

then, when they get subpoenaed to testify against benedict donald, they'll all refuse.

they'll then get charged with contempt or obstruction or whatever, it doesn't matter ***because benedict donald will pardon that, too!***

they can't *really* be compelled to testify until benedict donald no longer wields the pardon power.

and taking the whole crowd: Kushner, Bannon, Ivanka, with him.

It's important for our country, and for our standing in the world, for their crimes to be exposed, and for them to be punished.

Pardon your kids, your associates, yourself, and then RESIGN. Go live in Russia.

it seems like it would be a huge incentive for crooks to lie their way into the office, pull off a gigantic heist during or at the end of their terms, and simply pardon themselves on the way out the door. Yikes!

(I wonder if that was his plan?)

by becoming their puppet. Maybe in their private meeting, putie and trumptf discussed debt relief and forgivness.

Remove sanctions = debt forgivness.

followed by a self-pardon would also solve his debt problem.

then gets pardoned by Pence. Heck, since Pence is dirty, too, Trump could preemptively pardon him, as well, then resign to be pardoned by him.