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Unchecked. he gets very frustrated when he doesnt get things through congress. this is a power he can essentially do without any recourse whatsoever from anybody that has any concerns about it. not really -- and the question that you raise is what message is he trying to send? he was asked directly if hes considering a pardon for paul manafort, for michael cohen. he said they havent been charged with anything yet. but still, if you wanted to pardon them now, he probably presumably could. richard...

Nothing illegal and what theyre looking for is something illegal so that they can start prosecution. >> if theres nothing illegal about it why lie from the get go? >> because there was something to cover up. there was something to hide. >> why hide anything if you didnt do anything wrong? >> well, because weve heard now time and again because he has absolute pardon power, for example, pardoning somebody cant be evidence of a crime, and because if someone comes to the white house and offers a par...

Circle of wagons. what can stop the president from waiting for that precise moment when he thinks somebodys going to talk and spring him. >> i mean in my mind, it the only thing that can stop him is an obstruction of justice charge. there needs to be some limit to the pardon power. i understand that the executive. >> has there ever been a limit to it. >> its never been decided by the supreme court or otherwise. >> has the court ever stopped the president from pardoning somebody. >> i dont think ...

>> donald trump will avoid pardoning somebody who was an ally and in this case is joe arpaio and theres been speculation whether donald trump would get out of any allies of his and thats something that i would watch very, very closely here. >> walter, heres my question. if youre the feds and trying to get someone to flip. this case is totally different because it involves the president who has a pardoning power and is it more difficult to get paul manafort to flip because hes thinking maybe a pa...

Invested gatien. is the president considering pardoning somebody? heres one of his attorneys on mr. scaramucci. >> we have not and continued to not have conversations with the president of the united states regarding pardons. pardons have not been discussed and pardons are not on the table. >> im in the oval office of the president last week, talking about that, he says he brought that up, he said, but he doesnt have to be pardoned. theres nobody around him that has to be pardoned. >> depends on...

Administration to grant clemency, grant pardons -- what do you make of this part of the presidents goals? >> it will go into the books for a lot of people as another example of him ignoring the norms of presidential behavior. there is a process i which pardons are supposed to be gathered and processed and examined and recommendations made to the president. the president has to be sure sweeping authority to grant pardons. the purpose of all of those processes is to make it easy for him and to pro...

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