President Donald Trump fired up his Twitter on Saturday morning to claim his “complete power to pardon” following reports that he had been asking about being able to pardon his friends, family, and himself in connection to the Russia probe.
“While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us,” Trump tweeted, followed by “FAKE NEWS.”
While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us.FAKE NEWS
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 22, 2017
Talks of pardons arose with additional reports of Trump’s legal team trying to find ways to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.
Trump’s lack of control over the probe has reportedly prompted him and his legal team to dig up reasons to discredit or possibly even fire Mueller.
He thinks the pardon power is a magic wand and he’s using Harry’s ‘Deathly Hallows’ royal plural as The Chosen One…
Dim Dad got a new toy !
I tweeted him that he would be declaring himself guilty. He doesn’t escape this period.
Joy said he’s been up tweeting since 3AM!?!?
Can you imagine?!?!?
I mean, good Lord, someone get a bucket of ice and some restraints…
I’m glad to read an updated story that’s open to comments. Last night, when the Washington Post news about the additional Sessions/Russian meeting was released and the cancellation of the open Trump Jr/Manafort testimony came out, I had to go somewhere else to vent.