I think he will.
I think he'll try.
And much of his inner circle. His family, and Giuliani especially.
I honestly don't see him trying to pull some sort of mass pardon on all of his follows though.
I considered voting no, because Trump doesn't believe he committed any crimes, and a self-pardon would be an admission of crimes. But then I decided that Trump is too stupid to think about such matters and only wants to save his worthless carcass.
In seriousness if Trump doesn't try that is almost certainly the reason, that he simply can't think of it except as an admission of guilt and Trump can do no wrong in Trump's head.
If Trump pardons other people and not himself, then it absolutely certainly is the reason.
Are there any formal requirements for a presidential pardon?
I so hope there are, because Trump's crack legal team would screw it up.
No. As being discussed in the other threads Presidential Pardon powers are nearly unrestricted.
Literally the only Federal Crime a President technically can't impeach is one related to impeachment.
Yes, but that wasn't what I tried to ask. Can he screw things up somehow by issuing a pardon that isn't valid for some technical reason?
There's no technicality beyond that.
Actually I think there should be 4 options... your 'pardon himself/will be pardoned' needs to be broken down....I voted yes, in sense that he will TRY to pardon himself. Success of that try is different story, of course.
IMO there should be three options in poll:
> No, he won't try to pardon himself.
> Yes, he will try to pardon himself, but he will fail.
> Yes, he will try to pardon himself and he will be pardoned.
Well, I can think of one way he could screw up...No. As being discussed in the other threads Presidential Pardon powers are nearly unrestricted.No. As being discussed in the other threads Presidential Pardon powers are nearly unrestricted.
Does he think he has done anything that requires a pardon ?
I suppose he could pardon himself even though he's done nothing wrong to protect himself against malicious prosecution.![]()
That would be my guess – He’ll maintain that he did nothing wrong but pardon himself anyway because the evil baby eating liberals are going to frame him.
Who exactly has the authority to decide if he gets away with it or not (and to enforce the determination)? Supreme court, Attorney general, other?
I figure a shot at self pardoning is a given, seriously what are the downsides to him of rolling the dice like this?
My fear is that as a final act Trump pardons every criminal in Federal prisons.
Fixed it for you.My fear is that as a final act Trump pardonsevery criminalevery white criminal in Federal prisons.
If he does Biden should literally pardon himself for anything he does for the next 4 years the moment he takes office.
I think he'll try.
And much of his inner circle. His family, and Giuliani especially.
I honestly don't see him trying to pull some sort of mass pardon on all of his followers though.
It's long gone in the insurrection thread, but there was a tweet from a reporter (IIRC) saying that they'd been told that nobody would now touch the paperwork required for Trump to pardon anybody. There was definitely a tweet from a reporter citing a source inside the White House saying that the White House lawyer was advising all staff not to even talk to Trump for fear of becoming liable for charges of sedition and treason.
If either of those things is half true, then I'd imagine he'd find it difficult to even try.
But there have been reports from before Wednesday that he's been talking about it and getting advice about it, so I'd say that he definitely would have wanted to.
Well, in that case the question is, does the paperwork for issuing a pardon have to come from an official white house lawyer?It's long gone in the insurrection thread, but there was a tweet from a reporter (IIRC) saying that they'd been told that nobody would now touch the paperwork required for Trump to pardon anybody. There was definitely a tweet from a reporter citing a source inside the White House saying that the White House lawyer was advising all staff not to even talk to Trump for fear of becoming liable for charges of sedition and treason.
If either of those things is half true, then I'd imagine he'd find it difficult to even try.
Well, other than how (in theory) it would look bad for him...I figure a shot at self pardoning is a given, seriously what are the downsides to him of rolling the dice like this?
Well, in that case the question is, does the paperwork for issuing a pardon have to come from an official white house lawyer?
Well, in that case the question is, does the paperwork for issuing a pardon have to come from an official white house lawyer?
Could Trump get someone like Rudy Guilianni to write up the pardon? Or could Trump just take a copy of Nixon's pardon, replace Nixon's name with his own, and sign it? (Well, changing a few things like the dates and whatnot).
Does he think he has done anything that requires a pardon ?
I suppose he could pardon himself even though he's done nothing wrong to protect himself against malicious prosecution.![]()
If he does Biden should literally pardon himself for anything he does for the next 4 years the moment he takes office.