THE QUESTION.
The pardon granted by Donald Trump on November 25 to his former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn, the first of his relatives to be implicated in the Russian investigation, not only started the debate. on how lenient he was to his family before leaving the Oval Office in six weeks.
At the end of this unconventional term of office, it has also fueled speculation about the plans for the president himself.
Flynn's amnesty barely pronounced, Donald Trump relayed on Twitter the message of a Republican representative calling on him to pardon himself.
This simple click brought to the surface a previous tweet from 2018, in the midst of an investigation into Russian interference, in which he stated:
“As has been established by many experts, I have the absolute right to GRANT myself. - even, but why would I do that when I haven't done anything wrong. "
Does the American president have such power?
Would it be legal?
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