The Constitutional Crisis is here. It's been here. June 4, PM Subscribe The President's lawyers claimed in a secret memo that he's immune from subpoena and on national TV that he can literally murder anyone. Many people are saying this is already a Constitutional Crisis. Then he claimed the power to pardon himself. Others say Trump is speaking from a position of weakness. It's week 71 of the Trump Presidency.
TV interview May tells Trump that US tariffs on EU steel are unjustified Mod-saving reminders to remember the political thread guidelines or take it to the venting thread. Polite request to use the search box! Sean Illing, Vox: President Trump says he can pardon himself. I asked 15 experts if that's legal. It doesn't absolve or block anything, and certainly not everything. Oh man, if the bar was lowered any further by Trump, it would be underground.
This might be the most insane thing I have ever heard a president say. To that end, here is my latest Trump , kind of an adult version of the children in Village of the Damned, because that's what he is. Mod note: y'all please for the love you bear me in your hearts lets not jump straight to a bunch of noisy riffing right out of the gate on this posted by cortex staff at PM on June 4, [ 82 favorites ].
President Trump says he can pardon himself. From the Vox article: All the experts agreed about one other fact: Even if Trump does pardon himself, that would not shield him from impeachment hearings.
And most believe if he did make a move like this, it would be both an admission of guilt and a potential constitutional crisis. If a self-pardon doesn't shield him from impeachment, then the only thing standing in the way will be almost every elected Republican. As for Trump pardoning himself, I think even he knows that's beyond the pale. Even as low a conman sleaze as he is at his core, even Trump wouldn't do it. This is a master troll to keep people talking about Trump.
