MSNBC American Voices With Alicia Menendez June 4, 2024 22:43:00
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:...
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