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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump Retweets Call to Pardon Himself
President Donald Trump has shared a call from his ally Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to consider granting a pardon to himself.
After he detailed the full pardon of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn on Wednesday, Trump retweeted a number of posts, largely related to claims of election fraud as he persists with his action against the election outcome.
Among posts he shared was a call from Gaetz made prior to Flynn's pardoning, which had encouraged the president to carry out this action.
In the clip from Fox News, Gaetz had also said Trump should consider using his pardoning powers for others should he see fitincluding himself.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-retweets-call-to-pardon-himself/ar-BB1bnsc9?ocid=NL_ENUS_D1_20201126_5_2
Asshole still thinks he's king.
Sneederbunk
(14,286 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,951 posts)...a self-pardon is an admission to crimes committed.
Gaetz is equally stupid. Clearly, he doesn't grasp that either.
tetedur
(820 posts)Okay Nixon wasn't charged and was pardoned by his hand picked successor Ford.
Okay so Casper Weinbereger wasn't tried or found guilty when George H. W. Bush pardoned him and five others involved in the Iran-Contra scandal.
So if a president pardons himself he is just above the law for whatever he did in the past or in the future?