Doj Determined News Today

>> 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...

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:...

Shannon: the justice department siding with asian american students suing harvard university over its consider of race in admission policies. jonathan hunt is following the case tonight. >> reporter: the justice department signaled it would join and affirmative-action case and it did so saying in a statement of interest filed with the court that harvard failed to demonstrate that it does not discriminate against asian americans. jeff sessions saying the doj determined, quote, harvard while using...