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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: mystery-ak on June 03, 2018, 01:46:59 pm
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Giuliani: Trump 'probably' has power to pardon himself
By Kyle Balluck - 06/03/18 09:04 AM EDT
Rudy Giuliani said early Sunday that President Trump "probably" has the power to pardon himself, but has no plans to do so.
"He’s not, but he probably does," Giuliani, who recently joined Trump's legal team, said on ABC's "This Week."
"He has no intention of pardoning himself," Giuliani said.
"That’s another really interesting constitutional question: Can the president pardon himself?" he added.
"It would be an open question. I think it would probably get answered by, 'gosh that’s what the Constitution says.’ And if you want to change it, change it. But, yeah.â€
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http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390443-giuliani-trump-probably-has-power-to-pardon-himself (http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/390443-giuliani-trump-probably-has-power-to-pardon-himself)
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Former US attorney: Trump pardoning himself would be 'self-executing impeachment'
http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/390444-bahara-if-pres-were-to-pardon-himself-it-would-be-self-executing (http://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/390444-bahara-if-pres-were-to-pardon-himself-it-would-be-self-executing)
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I doubt the Supreme Court would go quite that far.