The timeline for Former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate just got clearer. Here's what's happening and what could take place during the trial.
The former president's first impeachment trial took three weeks in the Senate, but this trial could be faster. Here's what's at stake, what's happening and what's next in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump.
With No Self-Pardon In Hand, Trump Faces Uncertain Legal Future With No Self-Pardon In Hand, Trump Faces Uncertain Legal Future There is also considerable doubt among scholars about whether a self-pardon would hold up in court. Many experts said it violates the basic principle that no person should be the judge in his or her own case.
Trump could have pardoned himself and others in secret, former prosecutor Alonso said.
Donald Trump issued a list of pardons during his final hours as US president but did not include himself, his children, or personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, even though advisers said he had privately debated the extraordinary step of a self-pardon.