Andrew Weissmann, a deputy to former special counsel Robert Mueller, predicted that President Trump will pardon himself and several family members if he does not win reelection this November.
"I suspect strongly that if the president does not win reelection, that he is going to pardon a lot more people related to the Trump Organization, his family, people who work there, and even himself," Weissmann told NPR in an interview on his book tour. "That's obviously never been done. A president has never pardoned himself and that could be challenged by the Department of Justice if it decided it was going to go ahead with a criminal prosecution."
Trump has said in the past he has the power to pardon himself but will not because he has not done anything illegal.
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Makes me wonder: Can
the President pardon someone before charges have been issued? ‘Twill be interesting.
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