Who will Donald Trump pardon on his last full day in office?
- Trump, in wave of Tuesday pardons, so far not planning to pardon himself, source says
- Trump leaves on Wednesday to begin his post-presidency at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida
White House advisers have said Trump has privately debated with advisers whether to take the extraordinary step of issuing a pardon for himself but some administration officials have cautioned Trump against a self-pardon because it would make him look guilty.
Many scholars have said a self-pardon would be unconstitutional because it violates the basic principle that nobody should be the judge in his or her own case.
Others have argued that a self-pardon is constitutional because the pardon power is very broadly worded in the Constitution. Historical texts made clear that the nation’s 18th century founders discussed self-pardons, but opted not to include an explicit limitation on that power.
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