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posted by n1 on Monday July 24 2017, @11:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the friends-and-family dept.

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Amid relentless scrutiny over possible ties between his presidential campaign and Russia, an extraordinary suggestion has emerged - that Donald Trump could pardon himself or his family.

Source: BBC News

US President Donald Trump has insisted he has the "complete power" to pardon people, amid reports he is considering presidential pardons for family members, aides and even himself.

A Democratic Party spokesman has called the reports "extremely disturbing".

The US authorities are probing possible collusion between the Trump team and Russia. Intelligence agencies think Russia tried to help Mr Trump to power.

Russia denies this, and the president says there was no collusion.

The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Mr Trump and his team were looking at ways to pardon people close to him.

Source: BBC News


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @12:55PM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @12:55PM (#543653)

    ..to make a complete ass of himself

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @02:14PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @02:14PM (#543687)

    Everyone expected him to make an ass out of himself since he announced he was running for POTUS. Now he's the biggest ass in the country and yet journalists still have to use half truths to take jabs at him rather than being honest with the people and letting them see him as he is. If he's a truly terrible individual then they don't need to use tabloid tactics to ruin his name when he should do that all on his own.

    • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday July 24 2017, @03:54PM (5 children)

      by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 24 2017, @03:54PM (#543735) Journal

      Trump can, at times, seem to rise up an be (somewhat) better. I almost literally expected him to poop on the carpet during the state of the union. But he did not, and that was surprising and commendable of him.

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      • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @04:35PM (4 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @04:35PM (#543754)

        Trump can, at times, seem to rise up an be (somewhat) better. I almost literally expected him to poop on the carpet during the state of the union. But he did not, and that was surprising and commendable of him.

        Well, that's just fine and dandy for you! On the other hand, some of us would really like to raise the bar for our President a bit higher than that. Just sayin'.

        • (Score: 4, Funny) by wonkey_monkey on Monday July 24 2017, @05:43PM (3 children)

          by wonkey_monkey (279) on Monday July 24 2017, @05:43PM (#543789) Homepage

          You want him to poop on the drapes?

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          • (Score: 2) by e_armadillo on Monday July 24 2017, @06:27PM (1 child)

            by e_armadillo (3695) on Monday July 24 2017, @06:27PM (#543809)

            Ceiling

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            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @09:06AM

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @09:06AM (#544552)
              Just wait till the shit hits the fan...
          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @07:19PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @07:19PM (#543850)

            You want him to poop on the drapes?

            No, I would rather he exercise some bowel control. Preferably at both ends.