CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS?
Giuliani: Trump ‘Probably’ Can Pardon Himself

President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani says his client “probably” has the constitutional authority to pardon himself. He adds he does not have any current plans to do so.
“He’s not, but he probably does,” Giuliani said Sunday morning when asked if the president has the power to pardon himself.
“He has no intention of pardoning himself, but that doesn’t say he can’t,” the former NYC mayor added.
“That’s another really interesting constitutional question: Can the president pardon himself?” he asked. “It would be an open question. I think it would probably get answered by, ‘Gosh that’s what the Constitution says.’ And if you want to change it, change it. But, yeah.”
JUST IN: Does Pres. Trump have the power to pardon himself?
“He’s not, but he probably does,” Rudy Giuliani tells @GStephanopoulos. “He has no intention of pardoning himself, but that doesn’t say he can’t.” https://t.co/YQ29ClaVMa pic.twitter.com/jDXl1jOnuV
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 3, 2018

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