Kushner lobbied against TFG using his presidential power to pardon himself before leaving office,

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former President Donald Trump talked of pardoning himself while in the White House but his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner "dissuaded" him, a forthcoming book by journalist Michael Wolff says.

"They say I can. Unlimited pardon power," Trump said, according to an excerpt of the book "Landslide: The Final Days of the Trump Presidency" published by The Times of London.

Kushner argued, however, that Trump giving himself a federal pardon - a president's only pardon power - might motivate states to go after him even more, Wolff writes.

"Still, with such a lot of people out there who wanted to hurt him, he should pardon the whole family, shouldn't he - even Barron?" Wolf wrote, referring to Trump's teenage son. "Kushner elided. (Other family members would note that Kushner did, though, grab a pardon for his own father.)"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kushner-lobbied-against-trump-using-163517950.html

I don't think that pardon would have held up.

[zipplewrath]

1. Opened him up to civil suits

To be pardoned suggests guilt and he could have opened himself, and his family (including Jared) to civil lawsuits in which they could not plead the 5th, for years.

[FakeNoose]

2. I don't believe any President has ever pardoned himself

I'm not a lawyer, nor am I a constitutional scholar. But if Chump had done this - pardon himself for charges to be named later - it wouldn't have held up in court. That's my guess.

Laws need to be passed immediately that define and limit the Presidential pardon power, before the next Repuke gets himself elected.

In any case I'm happy to see that New York State and the City of Manhattan have stepped up to the plate just in time.

[Lochloosa]

3. The power to pardon is in the Constitution.

You would have to amend it not pass laws.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. Trump was pardoning for money.

everything about trump is transactional. Everything.

rudy and Jared both were the salesmen. There's some tape transcripts of Rudy selling one.

When this is investigated, I think a lot of pardons will be invalidated.

Wikipedia has/had a list of trump pardons. In a couple of of the list names, there is mention of the person and/or his family donating large sums to the GOP at the same time.
that's how trump gets some of his money, goes thru a legit front like the GOP or a charity, or the Inaugural comm. to move money from them to him.

[stillcool]

5. I wonder about the pardon for Jared's dad...

was that to clear from his record the crimes Chris Christie put him in jail for?

[moonscape]

6. Even Jared wanted him locked up. n/t