I Have The ‘Absolute’ Power To Pardon Myself – Trump

United State President, Donald Trump, on Monday, in a memo to the U.S. special counsel investigating alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election in line with the argument of his lawyers has stated that he had committed no wrong but had “absolute” legal power to pardon himself.

According to New York Times on Saturday, in a memo Trump’

s lawyers argued the president could not have obstructed the investigation, given the powers granted to him by the U.S. Constitution.

According to the Times, 20-page letter to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in January came in response to repeated requests by the special counsel’s office asking to interview Trump.

“As has been stated by numerous legal scholars, I have the absolute right to PARDON myself, but why would I do that when I have done nothing wrong?” Trump wrote in a Twitter post on Monday, reiterating his claim that the Russia investigation was a “witch hunt.”
“The appointment of the Special Councel (sic) is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL,” Trump said in another post.

The Russian’s government while, supporting Donald Trump claimed that there was no collusion by his campaign, denied U.S. intelligence agencies’ assessment that Moscow sought to interfere with the 2016 U.S.

On a Sunday, Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani had said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” programme that the president probably has the power to pardon himself but does not plan to do so.

According to NAN, several pardons already issued by Trump, including last week of a conservative pundit convicted of campaign finance crimes, also have raised questions about his use of the presidential pardon power and spurred some constitutional scholars, legal analysts and Democratic lawmakers to accused him of undermining the rule of law with pardons based on political considerations.