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>> thank you so much, reverend sharpton. a big show indeed, i am alicia menendez. welcome to a new weekend of american voices. with our country now in uncharted waters with the federal indictment of donald trump. this hour, the former president is going to make his second public parents it today. stopping in north carolina. we are not going to air his speech live. but we will bring you any news that he makes. we expect his speech to mirror his remarks, just hours ago in georgia. the fo...

providing that the united states reserves and retains complete ownership, possession and control of presidential records. for more than a year, and despite multiple opportunities to remedied situation and return materials that rightly belong to the federal government, donald trump refused to cooperate time and time again. as we know now from the indictment unsealed by the department of justice yesterday, the former president and his personal valet, and now codefendants, walt nauta have...

Cannot self pardon, because no one could be a judge in their own case. >> just like we dont let people be the prosecutor or the judge or the jury in their own case, the argument goes, you cant be the pardon or in your own case. >> since then, that legal opinion has never been tested, until maybe now. if mr. trump ought to win the white house in 2024, he could try to pardon himself on those new federal charges within minutes of a doctor issued. but experts say it would very likely go to the supre...

Have power to grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment. that is it. nothing on self pardons. the justice department tried to clear things up back in 1974. right before richard nixon got impeached. in a memo, the doj determined, basically no, a president cannot self pardon, because no one can be a judge in their own case. >> just like we dont let people be the prosecutor or the judge or the jury in their own case, the argument goes, you cant be the pardon error in your own. case >> reporter:...

Conduct and havent been prosecuted yet. the question of whether or not the president can issue a self-pardon was not addressed in the constitution. that could be for a couple different reasons. one would be the notion of it was so silly that the framers thought well never have to deal with this. the closest they came was a discussion that if he is involved in criminalalty he may be impeached and may be prosecuted and it stands for the proposition that the president cannot self-pardon. >> do you ...