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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 24 2017, @01:50PM
It was talked about and settled during the tail end of the Bush administration when there was speculation that he might pardon himself for all those crimes against humanity that he was committed that the President can pardon himself for anything he likes.
The only real limitation on it is that it only applies to US laws, not to anything that would involve criminal proceedings at the Hague.
Impeachment only applies to high crimes and misdemeanors and can at most result in the President being removed from office following votes for impeachment and removal from office. Nobody has ever been removed from office. Nixon was really the closest and the only reason he wasn't was that he resigned prior to the proceedings.