Can a president pardon himself?
By NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (119514)
United States
June 4, 2018 4:36pm CST
Well I think we can safely say that June 4, 2018 is the day that the Trump Train officially went off the rails. He announced this morning on Twitter that he has "the absolute right" to pardon himself and that supposedly "numerous legal scholars" agree with him on that. (newsflash: they don't) In fact, it was established by the Department of Justice just a few days before Richard Nixon resigned that presidents cannot pardon themselves or at least it didn't appear that they could.
I guess we will never really know until President Dumpster Fire decides to just go for it and it gets challenged in the Supreme Court. I haven't seen what Faux News' take is on the wannabe king's morning decree (I can guess though) but everywhere and everyone else has been pretty damn horrified throughout the day.
The president also said he has the power to pardon himself, raising the prospect that he might take action to immunize himself from the ongoing Russia investigation.
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Jun 18
So if Trump could pardon himself, that means he knows he did something wrong! Would he pardon himself for doing nothing? What a piece of work!
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Jun 18
@popciclecold He's a rear-end, looking for a bathroom.
@thislittlepennyearns (62063)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 Jun 18
I saw this earlier. I can't wait to see where it goes. 
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@thislittlepennyearns (62063)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 Jun 18
@NJChicaa just when I think hes said the stupidest thing, he keeps talking.
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@NJChicaa (119514)
• United States
4 Jun 18
@thislittlepennyearns Giuliani is giving him a run for his money these days in that department though. Suddenly I think Chris Christie is happy that he escaped this $hit show
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@Hate2Iron (15727)
• Canada
4 Jun 18
You miss one day of TV and you never know what you are going to miss!!
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@wolfgirl569 (105820)
• Marion, Ohio
4 Jun 18
I seen a story that Giuliani is also saying that Trump has to be impeached before he can be charged with any crimes. He said as president, Trump can even commit murder. We now have dumb and dumber working together.
Candidate Donald Trump bragged that he could shoot someone on New York’s Fifth Avenue and not lose any support, and now President Donald Trump’s lawyer says Trump could shoot the FBI director in the Oval Office and still not be prosecuted for it.
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@wolfgirl569 (105820)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Jun 18
@NJChicaa Can they be about the same??? 
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@MALUSE (69373)
• Germany
4 Jun 18
@thislittlepennyearns You've hit the nail on the head!
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@NJChicaa (119514)
• United States
4 Jun 18
Not in his mind. He thinks that he controls all 3 branches of government now. He even made some kind of comment after Xi made himself the ruler of China for life about how "maybe" he should try that here in America. Can you freaking imagine?!?!?!
@thislittlepennyearns (62063)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
4 Jun 18
The man shouldn't of been allowed to live in any century.
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@notewise777 (247)
• Cape Town, South Africa
5 Jun 18
As a well versed scholar once said: NO! You don't need to be a legal expert to figure out that you cannot be the judge and jury in your own trial my word
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