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Donald Trump Insists He Has 'Complete Power' to Pardon

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

MrPlow writes:

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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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• Re:Technically Re:Technically (Score: 3, Informative) by DannyB on Monday July 24 2017, @03:48PM (1 child)

  by DannyB (5839) on Monday July 24 2017, @03:48PM (#543731) Journal

  This may be disclosing a state secret, but here goes. The R in RNC is for Russian.

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• Re:Technically (Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday July 25 2017, @04:20PM

  by kaszz (4211) on Tuesday July 25 2017, @04:20PM (#544211) Journal

  Russkies Nefarious Conspiracy? :p

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