Giuliani: President Trump Has Constitutional Authority To Pardon Himself

Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said in an interview Sunday that the president holds Constitutional powers to pardon himself in the Russia investigation or to terminate that investigation.

Giuliani, speaking on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, said Trump had "no intention" of a self-pardon and in a separate interview, on NBC's Meet the Press, he said that any such move would be "unthinkable" and might lead to impeachment.

Giuliani, making the rounds on the Sunday morning news programs, told ABC's This Week that the president "probably does" have the ability to pardon himself.

"He has no intention of pardoning himself, but he probably — not to say he can't," Giuliani said.

"I think the political ramifications would be tough," Giuliani told ABC. "Pardoning other people is one thing, pardoning yourself is tough."

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/06/04/616724965/giuliani-president-trump-has-constitutional-authority-to-pardon-himself