Donald Trump says he has the ‘absolute right’ to pardon himself. Would that even be legal?
On Monday, President Donald J. Trump tweeted that he has the “absolute right” to pardon himself in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Trump said he wouldn’t do so, however, because he’s “done nothing wrong.” Northeastern constitutional law professor Martha Davis says that even if a president can pardon himself, it would be difficult for Trump to do so without violating the Constitution.