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Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Can President Trump pardon himself?

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Most presidential pardons — indeed all pardons that President Trump has issued — have been for specific crimes of which the subject of the pardon has already been charged and convicted.

Yet, Trump — never one to be restrained by precedent — has let it be hinted that he might issue prophylactic pardons to relatives and colleagues who have neither been convicted nor charged with any crimes.

And Trump might pardon himself. Can he do that? The short answer is yes. Here is the backstory. The pardoning power is expressly and exclusively granted to the president in the Constitution.

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