Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, now part of President Donald Trump’s legal team, said Sunday the U.S. Constitution does not forbid the president from pardoning himself.
“He’s not, but he probably does,” Giuliani told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in response to a question about Trump’s ability to pardon himself.
“He has no intention of pardoning himself, but that doesn’t say he can’t.
“That’s what the Constitution says, and if you want to change it, change it,” Giuliani said about whether the president can pardon himself in an investigation that he himself has responsibility over.
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"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
His remarks come one day after The New York Times reported Trump’s legal team floated the possibility of using executive privilege to avoid a grand jury subpoena from Special Counsel Robert Mueller. – READ MORE
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