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Originally Posted by Hugh
Trump said he could pardon himself, but a pardon can only be issued for someone who has been found guilty of something, so he is saying he is above the law.
His lawyer, Guliani, stated on a TV programme on Sunday that Trump could shoot Comey and not be indicted whilst serving as President.
Do you think any President (or anyone) should be above the law, and be allowed to pardon themselves for crimes they’ve been found guilty of?
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No he is not saying he is above the law - stop putting words in to a sentence that does NOT exist. No where in a tweet has he said, "he can commit a crime and pardon himself", he said he has the power to pardon himself, but has no intention because he's done nothing wrong, which he has not, as no evidence has been found, plenty of evidence exists regarding his opponent potentially breaking some elections laws with her and the DNC funding the Russian sourced Dossier, a fact you keep conveniently forgetting. - Trump probably does as per the Constitution, have the power to pardon himself, the text in the constitution is ambiguous, he cannot pardon himself from an impeachment, but an indictment is not the same as impeachment.
As for you asking if anyone should be above the law - think you're forgetting our Head of State, her Majesty, The Queen, in this country, is above the law.