That’s a hell of a good question, and I seriously expect that to happen. Hopefully, Meuller will have a plan to deal with it.
After what he’s said about Jeff Sessions, would anyone trust Trump to pardon them?
Oh, he’ll let any one (or every one of them) of them go under the bus UNLESS he thinks protecting them will protect him.
Shamon.
They could still be compelled to testify that they destroyed the documents at trump’s order, and give statements as to what the documents contained.
How can they be compelled to do anything if they can be pardoned for refusing?
basically - they only want trump loyalists investigating trump - that way there would be no conflict of trump interests.
Nixon’s Justice Department warned that the president can’t pardon himself.
I don’t think this is legally binding, but it’s encouraging.
To employ an overworn phrase, rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Re pardoning himself, I heard it put this way: A pardon trumps (har!) indictment. Impeachment trumps a pardon. So… there’s that.
Interesting to notice that that was the “logic” ex sheriff Joe Arpaio attempted to create by trying to find dirt on the judge and his family.
Anyone that looked at the men Trump admired knew that a Trump administration was going to undermine government institutions in an attempt to save himself and the bill for that costly defense to be sent to the American taxpayer.
Oh, he was great in that role! Fun ol’ movie!
I heard they were trying to get the GOP to cover the costs of their defense.
Don’t know if that’s true or what came of it.
Government agencies are using tax money which is designed to promote the ACA and help people to learn how to apply for it, to undermine it.
The pardon would be the sort of genius move one would expect from a man like Trump! It sweeps aside all of the fake news and lies in one fell swoop. Then he can get back to giving America what it asked for, and giving it good and hard!
Two Scoops?
The Russian lawyer Orange Junior met with used to be a lawyer for the Russian spy agency.
The equally nutty SHS is his replacement.
Indeed, yet she lacks the self-awareness of the absurdity of the whole thing.
Federal judge refuses to overturn his own injunction against Trump’s executive order preventing sanctuary cities from getting federal funds
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-sanctuary-cities-20170720-story.html