Trumps team denies president plans to pardon himself
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source63 lawyers acting for donald trump say the us president has the power to pardon himself if charges arise from the investigation into russian collusion but has no plans to do so1 the claim made by trump lawyer rudy giuliani came soon afterpublished a confidential memo from two other white house lawyers to special counsel robert mueller1 in it trumps legal team say the president could not be acting illegally to obstruct the investigation because the us constitution empowers him to if he wished terminate the inquiry or even exercise his power to pardon1 part of muellers investigation into russian interference in the 2016 election is looking at whether mr trump sought to criminally obstruct it in particular with the sacking of ex-national security adviser michael flynn and former fbi director james comey says the1 giuliani made several tv appearances yesterday trying to distance trump from plans to use his presidential pardoning powers to clear himself1 i think the political ramifications of that would be tough giuliani said. pardoning other people is one thing. pardoning yourself is another1 former us attorney and cnn analyst preet bahara said it would be outrageous for a sitting president to pardon himself. i think if the president decided he was going to pardon himself i think thats almost self-executing impeachment he told1