Name: Explainer: Could Trump pardon his family - or himself?
Uploaded: 2020-12-04T18:15:24.000Z
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US President Donald Trump's pardoning of this former adviser, Michael Flynn, has fueled speculation over whether he'll go on a last ditch spree, pardoning other associates, members of his family and even himself.

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Power, which is sweeping but not absolute, can be abused.

One could say, Uh, Bill Clinton, when he left office, issued hundreds of pardons, showed a lot of leniency.

Thio people close to him in his inner circle owners his half brother S O.

Because of that history, there's this concern that Trump, on his way out of office, feeling less concerned about his reelection chances but issue a flurry.

Apartment pardons are typically given to people who have been prosecuted.

They can cover conduct that has not resulted in legal proceedings but can't apply to things that haven't happened yet.

One area confusion around the pardon power is this idea that the party can only go to somebody who's already been prosecuted.

A pardon could be mawr preemptive, so to speak.

It could be broadly worded to essentially shield somebody from the future case, so it's conceivable Trump could write a part in intended to protect Rudy Giuliani, his personal lawyer.

They're facing campaign finance related charges.

The pardon power is one of the broadest available to a president.

The nation's founder saw it as a way to show mercy and serve the public good.

Ah, pardon can't be reviewed by other branches of government, and no reason has to be given for issuing one.

Crucially, a pardon Onley applies to federal crimes.

It is legal for Trump to part in his inner circle, including members of his family.

In 2001, former President Bill Clinton pardoned his brother Roger, who was convicted for cocaine possession and Arkansas Clinton Pardon about 450 people, including a Democratic Party donor, Mark Rich, who fled the country because of tax evasion charges.

But it's unclear how broadly worded a pardon can be.

Former President Richard Nixon received a pardon from his successor, Gerald Ford.

It absolved Nixon for all criminal offenses he committed or may have taken part and during his presidency.

S Supreme Court has never ruled on whether such a pardon is lawful.

Some scholars have argued the nation's founders intended for pardons to be specific and that there is an implied limit on their scope.

In 2018, Trump said he had the absolute right to pardon himself, a claim many constitutional law scholars dispute.

No one knows definitively if it would be valid or not.

Power is very broad, but ah, lot of people think of president can't pardon himself or herself.

The Constitution doesn't address this, but if you just think about what the partner was designed to do, show mercy.

You'd essentially be making the president the judge in his case or her own face.