Trump is turning his pardon power into a shield | By Jennifer Rodgers for CNNOpinion
Jennifer Rodgers is a CNN legal analyst, a lecturer-in-law at Columbia Law School and a former federal prosecutor in the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The opinions expressed in this commentary are her own; view more opinion articles at CNN.
President Donald Trump can't stop talking about pardons. Among other news stories last week were various, sometimes conflicting, accounts about whether and when Michael Cohen may have sought a pardon. And in the wake of Paul Manafort's second sentencing last week, the White House again refused to rule out a pardon for him; in fact, Sarah Sanders as much as said a pardon would be considered, when the President is ready.
President Trump is continuing his pattern of abusing the pardon power, and it looks like it's getting worse. Jennifer RodgersFirst, a recap. What do Joe Arpaio, Scooter Libby, Jack Johnson and Dinesh D'Souza have in common? They are some of the people who have had their federal felony convictions pardoned by President Trump.
Rep. Himes: There is much more to the Cohen story 02:23Frankly, you need go no farther to divine the President's motives than the fact that the Trump lawyer talking about pardons is Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani has said that Trump may use his pardon power after the Russia investigation is over.Giuliani is not the pardon attorney, charged with handling pardon petitions, or even the White House counsel, whose job is to protect the institution of the presidency.
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